Economy is fragile. It is not robust, healthy or steady. Up? No way

Interest rates will go up unrelated to the election.

Rates will rise slightly when the Fed see the right markers to make the next increase. But I expect little impact on RE sales.

not significantly for another few years is what I think Will.

if i had a nickel for everytime i predicted interest rates correctly, well lets just say i'd have a nickel....

I don't have a clue!

I keep hearing they will go up after July 4th. Who knows? They haven't followed the route anyone has predicted for years.

Absolutely not. There's another global financial crisis in the making. everthing is going to get much worse and finally flushed before we can start another cycle up which will lead to higher rates. That will be years in the future...

No, I've seen a few predictors & I don't think it will. Jobs market isn't doing that well.

The general opinions are that rates will rise sometime this year. Many thought that we would have a June rate increase, but the jobs report was weak, and now many are thinking a one time rate increase this year. The increase should have no effect on sales... yet. Fear of the unknown drives rates up, so there will be less of an increase should Clinton win, and a bigger increase if Trump wins. Happens everytime a different party goes in the white house.

With the choices currently available, I doubt it will have any effect!

They are bound to go up, but when no one knows. With the current economic situation teetering on a cliff, rates may stay low. Too much "real" news is kept from the public. 

They might go up, but I don't think a lot. And my experience is that more buyers come out of the woodwork when rates start going up so they can lock in rates before they go up further.

I think we're in for a wild ride

They may but I don't think it would have a big impact

Will Hamm Let me check my crystal ball.

I think the vote in Britain on Friday will have more of an effect at this point. It has already delayed The Fed on the last meeting to see what happens.

I don't have a crystal ball.

I think rates are going to continue to bounce around in the "low" range and have little effect on our biz.

Maybe yes, maybe no. 

There will be bigger issues in this election that may have an effect, but this one will be minor.

Will - Great question, we will have to wait and see. I do not profess to be able to predict the future like some people.

Do not now.

My crystal ball refuses to answer that question. 

Until our economy gets it's crap together, rates aren't going anywhere.  If the Fed raises rates, we're right back into recession.

No crystal ball here!

That depends on who wins

Will Hamm --- I wish I could confirm that...

We all know this is so unpredictable...

I wouldn't be surprised to see it go up after the fall election.

I hope not Will.

     If Hillary wins, the entire economy will collapse.  Rates will be the last of our problems.  If Trump wins, Obama will do everything he can in his remaining few months to further wreck the American economy.

yes to 5%

Yes in 2016. No in 2017. In our area, home affordability is an issue. It will stall the market making selling harder than before.

I don't anticipate rates going up before the election. I was in the "rates up in June" camp at the beginning of the year, but as Bob Betel said that weak job report squashed that. 

The issue now is if the Fed will raise rates before an election in which they very likely want Clinton to succeed. I don't envision them chancing any show of instability that is associated with a Democratic administration by raising rates. So if they do raise rates it will be very late in the year. But I think a 2017 rate bump is a near-guarantee. But I've been wrong before, so who knows.