04/22/2026
Buyers are quietly coming back… and most people haven’t noticed yet.
Mortgage rates dipping back into the low to mid 6% range is already starting to wake demand up. We’re seeing more activity, more applications, and early signs of momentum heading into the spring market.
Even a small drop in rates matters. When rates hover closer to 6%, affordability improves just enough to pull people off the fence.
At the same time, inventory is slowly increasing and price growth is cooling, which gives buyers a little more leverage than they’ve had in the past couple years.
Here’s the reality though…
We’re not going back to 3% rates. Most projections have rates bouncing around the 6% range for a while.
So what does that mean?
The market isn’t waiting anymore.
It’s adjusting.
Buyers who were sidelined are starting to move. Sellers are slowly coming back. And the deals are happening right in that middle ground.
If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment… this might be it without trying to time the market like a caffeinated day trader.