{"id":1426,"date":"2026-04-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:00:00","slug":"geopolitical-jitters-sticky-inflation-push-mortgage-rates-higher-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/geopolitical-jitters-sticky-inflation-push-mortgage-rates-higher-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Geopolitical Jitters &#038; Sticky Inflation Push Mortgage Rates Higher in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sandra-thomas-1\/geo-inflation-push\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Average 30-year fixed rates expected 6.22%\u20136.50%, driven by geopolitical conflict and inflation at 2.7%.<br \/>\nMortgage rates remain elevated despite Fed holding benchmark at 3.50%\u20133.75%.<br \/>\nNational home price growth slows to 0%\u20132.2%, reflecting high borrowing costs.<br \/>\nHigher rates give buyers more leverage, with longer market times and increased concessions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average 30-year fixed rates expected 6.22%\u20136.50%, driven by geopolitical conflict and inflation at 2.7%. Mortgage rates remain elevated despite Fed holding benchmark at 3.50%\u20133.75%. National home price growth slows to 0%\u20132.2%, reflecting high borrowing costs. Higher rates give buyers more leverage, with longer market times and increased concessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}