The Definitive Housing Market & Interest Rate Forecast for 2017 #homeownership #realestate

Source:  Forbes

Active and higher.  That's it, that's my forecast; housing markets will be active and interest rates will trend higher, Homebridge Financial Services retail mortgage loan originator Mark Greene said.  The question of course is how active and how much higher:

Since what I do is all about finance and interest rates, people tend to assume that I know what is behind the doors with the signs that say "Interest Rates" and "Market Trends."  Truth is I am no better at handicapping interest rate and housing market trends than anybody else.  I watch everyday, I absorb what is happening, I make assumptions and I roll the dice just like everybody else.

Real estate agents dominate my cell phone and Outlook contacts.  I am a mortgage guy and real estate people are important if I want to do things like pay my bills, eat and maybe save for when I am too old to do this anymore.