Last week, mortgage rates were about 6.4% — a full point lower than this time last year. Local housing experts caution that interest rates may not return to pandemic levels any time soon.Now that mortgage rates are falling slightly this year, more homebuyers in San Antonio and across the U.S. are entering the market. Local real estate agent Jessica Conrad has some advice.And specifically for buyers, she added, “your first home doesn’t have to be your forever home.
It’s not just the mortgage and property taxes, it’s maintenance — planned or unexpected — that can really start to add up, she said. “I don’t have a crystal ball,” Conrad said, but she doesn’t expect mortgage rates to fall significantly any time soon. “For anyone waiting for the interest rate to drop down to 4, I fear you’d be waiting for the next pandemic.”