Mortgage rate predictions for the next 5 years: What experts say.

Now that the government shutdown has finally come to a close, where are mortgage rates heading long-term? Mortgage interest rates are determined by several factors, with the 10-year Treasury yield being a primary one. At Yahoo Finance, we’ve designed a five-year mortgage rate forecast, built on a 10-year yield correlation, that provides some insight. Mortgage rates are tuned to the government bond market Mortgage rate forecasts might best be derived from 10-year Treasury note trends. While the two rate ...