Can Fed policy ease the housing affordability crisis?Teri Savage, Senior Mortgage Trader with RBC BlueBay’s Fixed Income team, explores the pressures on the U.S. housing market and the potential impact of upcoming policy changes.Home prices continue to outpace income growth, while 30-year mortgage rates remain stubbornly above 6%, pushing affordability to record lows.The Federal Reserve is expected to cut the Fed funds rate, which could drive down Treasury yields and, in turn, lower mortgage rates to help ease affordability pressures.Mortgage investors should remain flexible and closely monitor policy developments, as the administration prioritizes lowering rates to address housing market challenges.Understand how these dynamics could shape the housing market and investment strategies.

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