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Florida's
Premier Adjustable Rate Mortgage Lender Since 1989
Need extra borrowing power?
Plan to move or refinance in a few years?
Adjustable Rate Mortgages:
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Assist borrowers in obtaining a larger
loan amount
This is possible because qualifications are at the lower interest rate.
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Save money in the early years
Lower initial interest rate than a traditional fixed-rate loan
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Have a variety of adjustment periods
Best for people who:
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Need extra borrowing power
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Want to save money in the first few years
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Plan to move or refinance in a few years
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Are purchasing or refinancing at a time when interest rates are
comparatively high
Adjustable Rate Mortgages (also called ARMs) feature an interest rate
that periodically adjusts with changing market rates.
Adjustable Rate
Mortgages are available
in government (FHA & VA), conforming and jumbo loan amounts. The ARM allows you to
take advantage of lower interest rates in a falling rate environment, and
you'll benefit from lower monthly payments. The initial interest rate on
an ARM is usually lower than the lifetime interest rate on a fixed-rate
mortgage (FRM). ARM interest rates and the degree to which they fluctuate
at the end of every adjustment period.
In a speech
to a credit union group, Fed Chairman
Alan Greenspan
questioned whether fixed-rate mortgages were the most cost-effective means
of financing a home purchase. He said "American homeowners clearly like
the certainty of fixed mortgage payments" but pay several thousands of
dollars a year for the benefits.
Greenspan
said homeowners "might have saved tens of thousands of dollars had they
held adjustable-rate mortgages rather than fixed-rate mortgages during the
past decade"
Greenspan noted that if homeowners are "willing to manage their own
interest-rate risks, the traditional fixed-rate mortgage may be an
expensive method of financing a home." Feb. 24, 2004
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