Mortgage Rates Surge Above 6% As Iran War Ripples Through Housing Markets Worldwide
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Belief in the end of the conflict is declining and interest rates are rising.
Mortgage Rates Surge Above 6% As Iran War Ripples Through Housing Markets Worldwide
Mortgage costs are rising sharply across the U.S. and Europe as the economic fallout from the Middle East conflict spreads into global housing markets, increasing pressure on homebuyers and borrowers despite central banks holding interest rates steady. According to a Financial Times report published Monday, the average U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate has climbed to 6.36%, moving above levels seen before the Federal Reserve began cutting rates i…
Even though central banks are currently refraining from raising interest rates, mortgage costs in Europe and North America have risen sharply, the British newspaper Financial Times reports in its analysis.
The US-Iran blockade and the attack near Barakah rekindle the energy shock: they increase volatility and rates, China and Europe cool down and the bill reaches mortgages.
Mortgages are expensive in North America and Europe despite official interest rates that have not moved. The cause must be sought 10,000 kilometers away: Iran’s war and the threat of blockade of the Strait of Ormuz. As recently published in the Financial Times, geopolitical uncertainty resulting from the conflict is raising the cost of financing banks on both sides of the Atlantic. That bill is inevitably paid by home buyers. Official data confi…
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