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 The affordability issue becomes very real when mortgage rates rise because a lot of people have taken out interest only loans or adjustable rate mortgages thinking that rates would stay low. |
| Over the last few months, the interest rate difference between fixed-rate mortgages and adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) has thinned. If this continues, ARMs may lose some appeal amongst homeowners in the coming months, |
| The interest-rate savings are not a primary driver of the decision to refinance a fixed-rate mortgage in the current environment. Now, the dominant refinance borrower is looking at the best way to consolidate debt or finance a big project such as a home improvement. And we also have borrowers who took out adjustable-rate mortgages in recent years that are scheduled to have their payment reset this year that may be looking at the option to refinance into a fixed-rate product or into another adjustable-rate mortgage. |
| It is the powerhouse in the adjustable-rate lending business in the United States. They'll make one out of every eight adjustable-rate mortgages in the entire country. |
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| As home prices level off, so will the growth of equity that has supported consumer spending in the past. The impact from higher interest rates on home equity loans and adjustable rate mortgages will combine with stubbornly high energy prices to squeeze discretionary spending. |
| The refinance share of mortgage applications in the fourth quarter of 2005 was 45 percent while the average rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages climbed 0.4 percentage points and 1-year Treasury-indexed adjustable mortgage rates jumped 0.6 percentage points from third-quarter averages. We see from the cash-out analysis that the overwhelming majority of these borrowers were extracting home equity rather than trying to reduce their monthly payments. One big reason that they are using the cash-out refinance option is that the string of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve Board have pushed the rates on home-equity loans up. Home-equity loans are typically linked to the prime rate, which currently is at 7.5 percent. In contrast, the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages is presently near 6.25 percent. |
| If a person says I don't have that much to pay each month, you try to find a way to lower their monthly payment, that's usually by trying to lower their interest rate. The best way to do that is through adjustable rate mortgages. |
| Refinance activity will continue as homeowners refinance out of adjustable rate mortgages and into fixed-rate programs now that there is virtually no difference between long- and short-term interest rates. |
| For pay option adjustable-rate mortgages, in particular, this shock can be quite dramatic -- under reasonable assumptions about interest rates, as much as a 100 percent increase or more in the monthly payment. |
| In the U.S., the markets that are most risky are those where there is a higher proportion of buyers using adjustable loans and interest-only loans. |
| The adjustable-rate mortgages aren't attractive anymore. |
| Our January forecast calls for a gradual rise in long-term rates throughout 2006, ending the year at about 6.5 percent for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, while relative rate differences with adjustable-rate mortgages will narrow. |
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varav 775337 på nordiska
Ordsprog (1469560 st) Søg
Kategorier (2627 st) Søg
Kilder (167535 st) Søg
Billeder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Lande (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
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Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "of interest-only loans and the introduction of more-exotic forms of adjustable-rate mortgages are developments of particular concern.".