By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
October 20, 2026
Fannie Mae has sharply raised its mortgage rate forecast for 2027, and the revision should put an end to the fantasy that Americans can simply wait another year for cheap money to return. Economists now expect the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate to reach 7.4% during the fourth quarter of 2026 and remain around 7.5% throughout 2027. Only recently, Fannie Mae was forecasting 6.8% for the end of this year and 6.7% for next year.