How to lower your mortgage rate in 2017

Mortgage rates are on the rise, and have been for the last nine weeks, as evidenced by the latest data from Freddie Mac. And with the Federal Open Market Committee recently announcing an increase in the federal funds rate, for the second time in 10 years, odds are that interest rates aren’t going to go back down anytime soon. So what are prospective buyers supposed to do in the face of a rising rate environment?