{"id":17,"date":"2026-10-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate-com\/2026\/10\/12\/mortgage-rates-arent-backing-down-yet\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:00:00","slug":"mortgage-rates-arent-backing-down-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/mortgage-rates-arent-backing-down-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rates Aren\u2019t Backing Down Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/melissa-buck-corrina-bartels\/rates-baking-yet\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>With mortgage rates likely to hover around 7% through the end of the year, affordability remains a real challenge for many homebuyers and investors in Lincoln, Omaha, and southeast Nebraska. Unless we see a real cooling in inflation that shifts the Fed\u2019s course, rates could climb even higher\u2014especially with the potential for another hike and wider MBS spreads in the mix. Meaningful relief will take more than just hope: we\u2019re watching for steady inflation progress, calming long-term yields, and more supportive signals from the Fed. For now, these current rates are the reality we help our clients plan around, whether you\u2019re buying, investing, or refinancing. At SimpliCity Real Estate, we believe in clear communication and personalized guidance\u2014because putting Value Above All means helping you navigate these decisions with expertise and trust.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With mortgage rates likely to hover around 7% through the end of the year, affordability remains a real challenge for many homebuyers and investors in Lincoln, Omaha, and southeast Nebraska. Unless we see a real cooling in inflation that shifts the Fed\u2019s course, rates could climb even higher\u2014especially with the potential for another hike and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":504,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissabuckandcorrinabartelsrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}