The current average 30 year fixed mortgage interest rate is 7.23%.

That is the highest it has been in over 20 years.  Actually... 22 years, it seems.

The last time it was higher was back in June 2001 when it was 7.24%.

What lies ahead?

Per this NY Times article...

"Economists predict that mortgage rates will remain elevated for at least a few more months. And even when they start to come down, they are expected to settle well above the 3 percent rates that home buyers enjoyed during the early stages of the pandemic."

...and...

"The Mortgage Bankers Association, an industry group, recently forecast that the average 30-year mortgage rate would fall to 5 percent by the fourth quarter of next year."

So... hopefully these historically high mortgage interest rates (that followed some historically low mortgage interest rates) will eventually start to decline again... but we're not seeing it yet.