if we see a fed hike, some say the housing recovery will take a hike, but housing economist neila richardson isn t so concerned about this. where do you see housing going? all year, we ve seen record high demand. we ve seen sales that was outpaced last year and prices that have held strong and that s because rates have been very low. right now, they re under 4% for the 30-year fixed for the sixth week in a row. that s a low rate historically, and nothing the fed does september 17th is going to change the fact that rates are still very low.