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Fed's Biggest Rate Hike since 1994 Means Millions More Homebuyers May Be Priced out of the Housing Market

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That equates to $607,110 in total (with $207,110 in interest).</p><p>Compare that to current rates: At 6% that same mortgage would cost approximately $2,398 a month ($863,353 in total with $463,353 interest), a 42% increase in overall monthly repayments on the lower rate.</p><p>&#34;The old maxim &#39;desperate times call for desperate measures&#39; appears to have come into play with this latest rate move,&#34; said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com said in response to the Fed&#39;s 75-basis-point hike.</p><p>&#34;The cost of borrowing is becoming more expensive, particularly for those with variable rate products,&#34; he said. 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That equates to $607,110 in total (with $207,110 in interest).Compare that to current rates: At 6% that same mortgage would cost approximately $2,398 a month ($863,353 in total with $463,353 interest), a 42% increase in overall monthly repayments on the lower rate.\"The old maxim 'desperate times call for desperate measures' appears to have come into play with this latest rate move,\" said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com said in response to the Fed's 75-basis-point hike.\"The cost of borrowing is becoming more expensive, particularly for those with variable rate products,\" he said. Conversely, those who locked in at a 30-year rate last year at more than half the current rate will be breathing a sigh of relief.The most recent rise in mortgage rates was baked into the expected 75-basis-point hike, but they say interest rates remain on an upward trajectory,  saidHolden Lewis, home and mortgage expert at personal-finance site NerdWallet.\"The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage surged past 6% in the last week, its highest level since November 2008, when the economy was crawling out of the financial crisis,\" he said. \"The May inflation report provided the final shove.\"The Fed faces a difficult balancing act: taming rapid inflation -- running at 8.6% through May on the year through, according to the Consumer Price Index -- without pushing gross domestic product growth into negative territory.Rates won't have reason to fall with inflation at these levels, Holden added. \"Mortgage rates tend to go up and down in anticipation of Fed rate moves,\" he said, adding that he doesn't expect another dramatic spike in the weeks ahead.About half of buyers are pressing pause on their plans to buy a home, choosing to wait for six to 12 months before restarting the process, according to a recent survey of 900 realtors by real estate tech startup HomeLight.That sentiment is showing up elsewhere. 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