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U.S. 30-year mortgage rates surged to 6.41%, the highest since September, as Iran war-driven inflation fears push Treasury yields higher, offsetting traditional safe-haven effects and adding $115 to monthly payments for median-priced homes compared to two weeks ago.
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https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=110084

UK housing costs rise 41% over five years for renters and owners, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/16/uk-housing-costs-rise-renting-ownership-costs-savills #Property #HousingMarket #RealEstate #Money #Business #MortgageRates #Mortgages #UkNews #Savills #Inflation #InterestRates #Economics #RentingProperty #BanksAndBuildingSocieties

How will war in the Middle East affect your finances?
By Rupert Jones and Zoe Wood

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/iran-war-middle-east-affect-finances-energy-bills-inflation-interest-rates

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Bombs are exploding in #Iran & the #MiddleEast, but the fallout is rattling households & businesses in neighborhoods all over the globe.

In Kansas, home buyers saw 30-yr #MortgageRates edge above 6% this week. In West India, families mourning the death of a loved one discovered that #gas fired #crematories had been temporarily closed.

In Hanoi, Vietnam, gas station owners posted “sold out” signs. In Kenya, tea growers & traders worried their exports to Iran would rot on the dock.

#TrumpsWar

Higher #MortgageRates could widen that gap even further, making it harder for many households; wealthier buyers & investors are more likely to pay in cash.

The geopolitical tensions driving #energy prices higher are also complicating the outlook for #InterestRates. Expectations that the #FederalReserve might begin cutting rates have faded as #markets worry #inflation could stay higher for longer than anticipated.

#WealthDivide #inequity #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #housing #Trump

But if the recent uptick continues, #MortgageRates will add to a list of concerns that could keep #home buyers on the sidelines, said Hannah Jones, a senior economic research analyst at Realtor.com.

“Spring feels very uncertain,” Jones said. “This definitely feels like we’re back where we were a year ago: #tariff uncertainty, #economic uncertainty, #geopolitical uncertainty. All of this is making the path ahead seem really unclear.”

#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump

#Home buyers have already been struggling with high #prices, as well as rising #insurance & #property #taxes. #MortgageRates were one source of relief, having fallen from much higher levels in recent years. Even at 6.11, rates are well below their recent peak of 7.8% in October 2023, which was the highest level in decades as the #economy was recovering from the #pandemic. Back then the yield on the 10-year Treasury note was approaching 5%.

#affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #recession

#MortgageRates Rise as #Iran #War Ripples Through #FinancialMarkets

#Mortgage are climbing again as new #inflation concerns have roiled financial #markets.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate in the #US rose to 6.11%, the mortgage-financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday, the second week in a row that rates have risen.

#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #trumpcession #recession
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/business/mortgage-rates-rise-above-6-percent.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share