--- title: Rates are Finally Rising – What It Means for the Mortgage Landscape description: When the Fed announced the Fed funds rate would be going up, people assumed mortgage rates would follow suit. Here's the data from the first half of the year. image: https://www.mortech.com/hubfs/2015_redesign/blog_images/2017/RateRising-PurchasvRefi-01.jpg --- [![Get my demo](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/25649/1c6fbee1-0d0c-4238-8485-13c8e3f73157.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/25649/1c6fbee1-0d0c-4238-8485-13c8e3f73157) [![mortech](https://www.mortech.com/hubfs/2015_redesign/mortech_logos/mortech_logo_white.png) ![mortech](https://www.mortech.com/hubfs/2015_redesign/mortech_logos/rings_logo_white.png) ](https://www.mortech.com/) # Mortech Blog # 855.298.9327 # Rates are Finally Rising – What It Means for the Mortgage Landscape Posted by [Brian Hall](https://www.mortech.com/mortechblog/author/brian-hall) on Jul 14, 2017 11:24:28 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) When the Fed announced in 2016 that the Fed funds rate would be going up, a lot of people wondered what the mortgage landscape would look like in the coming months. However, despite the warnings that mortgage rates could be on the rise, things didn’t escalate at the pace most people predicted. As a result, mortgage data trended differently than many expected:   ![RateRising-PurchasvRefi-01.jpg](https://www.mortech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2015_redesign/blog_images/2017/RateRising-PurchasvRefi-01.jpg?width=823&height=1071&name=RateRising-PurchasvRefi-01.jpg) While rates spiked in mid-March, they then dipped, with their lowest point of the year coming just a month ago. However, once the Fed met in mid-June and announced that the funds rate would rise again, they’ve been steadily increasing for the last month.   Despite rates dipping from March to June, the number of purchase and refinance quotes decreased over that same period. While rates were at their highest in March, that was the same month in which purchase quotes were also at their highest.   We’ll be keeping an eye on this data for the second half of the year to see how these trends play out, and you should be keeping an eye out on how your mortgage business processes as we move toward the end of the year. Fortunately, Mortech makes it easy – simply contact us for a free demo to learn what our mortgage pricing engine can do for you.     [Get More Info](https://www.mortech.com/demo) ### News & Events Get the latest Mortech product announcements, company updates, and mortgage news delivered to your inbox. ### Subscribe to email updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [Compliance (2)](https://www.mortech.com/mortechblog/topic/compliance) - [Mortgage Compliance (2)](https://www.mortech.com/mortechblog/topic/mortgage-compliance) - [Mortgage Technology Top 50 Service Provider (1)](https://www.mortech.com/mortechblog/topic/mortgage-technology-top-50-service-provider) - [mortgage hedging (1)](https://www.mortech.com/mortechblog/topic/mortgage-hedging) ### Demo [Products](https://www.mortech.com/solutions) [Mortgage Pricing Engine](https://www.mortech.com/mortgage-pricing-engine) [Predictive Analytics](https://www.mortech.com/customer-retention-with-mortech-protection) [Mortgage APIs](https://www.mortech.com/mortgage-apis) [Online Rate Quoting](https://www.mortech.com/online-automated-rate-quoting) [Secondary Marketing](https://www.mortech.com/secondary-marketing) [About Us](https://www.mortech.com/about-us) [Partners](https://www.mortech.com/partners) [Investors](https://www.mortech.com/investors) [Contact Us](https://www.mortech.com/about-us/contact-us) [Testimonials](https://www.mortech.com/testimonials) [News & Events](https://www.mortech.com/mortechnews) [Blog](https://www.mortech.com/mortechblog) [Conference Calendar](https://www.mortech.com/conference-calendar) Follow Us Contact Us [855.298.9327](tel:855.298.9327) [sales@mortech.com](mailto:sales@mortech.com) [support@mortech.com](mailto:support@mortech.com) [Terms of Use](https://www.zillowgroup.com/terms-of-use-privacy-policy/)    |     © 2026 Mortech, a Zillow Group business, All Rights Reserved