Acorn Mortgage
Acorn Mortgage
June 16, 2011
The Pros and Cons of Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Filed under : Mortgage Broker Guide
An adjustable rate mortgage, commonly referred to as an ARM, is a mortgage where the interest rate on the mortgage changes periodically, on a schedule, according to an index. The most common indexes used to determine the interest rates are:
One-year constant maturity treasury securities (CMT)
Cost of Funds Index (COFI)
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
A lending institution’s [...]
July 22, 2010
Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Filed under : Mortgage Broker Guide
Another common type of home loan is the adjustable rate mortgage or ARM. With this type of loan, the interest rate will fluctuate depending on the 6 different real estate indexes.
The interest rate changes so the lender of the loan gets anproper margin. Thats due to the fact that the indexes influence the cost of [...]