NAR Economist Forecasts: What Mortgage Rates Will Do in May 2026
Nadia Evangelou, Senior Economist and Director of Real Estate Research at the National Association of Realtors, is projecting that mortgage rates will hover around 6.4% to 6.5% in May 2026. Other analysts, including those cited by CBS News, see rates staying range-bound between 6.2% and 6.4% with a slight downward bias — but all agree:…
