U.S. 30-Year Mortgage Rate Rises to 6.71%, Hitting Over One-Year High
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The average U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.71%, its highest since July 2025; elevated long-end Treasury yields are feeding directly into housing costs, sharpening the affordability crisis ahead of November's midterm elections.
How high is 6.71%?
The 30-year fixed rate climbed from 6.66% last week to 6.71%; a year ago it stood at 6.5%.
Freddie Mac noted the rate was last above this level in July 2025. This means → the past year's entire decline has been erased.
As rates drift from 6.5% toward the 7% threshold, every 0.25-percentage-point rise adds roughly $50 per month to a $300,000 loan.
Why are rates still climbing?
Mortgage rates track the 10-year Treasury yield closely; that yield hit 4.82% intraday Wednesday, the highest since October 2023.
Three forces are pushing long-end yields higher: a widening fiscal deficit, a wave of corporate bond issuance, and uncertainty over Fed policy.
In plain terms = the government is borrowing more, companies are rushing to sell bonds too, and there aren't enough buyers — so bond prices fall, yields rise, and mortgage rates follow.
What is the housing market feeling?
Realtor.com senior economist Jake Krimmel noted that pending home sales fell 0.2% year-over-year in August, the first negative reading since November 2025.
He called August "the month higher mortgage rates really started to drag on housing demand."
This means → the impact of rising rates has shifted from dampening sentiment to actually cutting transaction volume — the inflection point is here.
Will the numbers get uglier from here?
Krimmel warned that rates were falling at this time last year, so year-over-year comparisons in coming months face a tougher base effect.
In plain terms = last year's declining rates made the data look good; now that rates are rising, the contrast will make year-over-year drops look especially stark.
Housing affordability is intensifying as a political flashpoint ahead of the November midterm elections.
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