The New Year gives a lot of hope to those who are interested in applying or refinancing a mortgage loan. With interest rates fallen on an average by 0.8% from last year, this is the best opportunity to think about mortgaging your house.
The comparative rate last year was 7%, which now has been reduced to 6.2- 6.5 %. A survey conducted in the second week of January shows that the average interest rate for a 15-year fixed loan is 5.98% whereas that of the 30-year jumbo loans is 6.47%. This indicates that there has been little or no increase in the rates during the past one year, and it is well below the average of the past twenty years, that is 8%. However, the market experts predict a slight increase in the interest rates in the current year. For a 30-year fixed rate loan, it is likely to reach about 6.7%.
The interest rate for the 30-year FRM has not been affected by the Federal Reserve short-term interest rate. Over the past five years, the interest rate for the 30-year FRM has remained below 6.5 percent. When the Federal Reserve increased the interest rate in last June, the mortgage rate had reached at 6.93%. But later in the meetings held by the Federal...
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