Housing market: Mortgage rates rise for third straight week to highest level since June 2025 while home sales fall for third month in a row

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Housing market: Mortgage rates rise for third straight week to highest level since June 2025 while home sales fall for third month in a rowWorldPing
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What happened

The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.76% from 6.71% last week.

One year ago, the average rate was 6.35%.

Key facts

  • The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.76% from 6.71% last week.
  • One year ago, the average rate was 6.35%.
  • Reported by Fortune and published Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:25:05 UTC.

Why it matters

Economic releases and corporate results feed directly into rate expectations, currency moves and equity pricing, so the detail here often matters more to markets than the headline itself.

What to watch next

  • Revisions to the initial figures once fuller data is released
  • How rate expectations and index futures respond
  • Guidance or commentary from the companies and policymakers involved

Sources

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