Subprime hybrid mortgages offer temporarily low rates for borrowers while they work to rebuild their credit. With a sub-prime hybrid mortgage, you dont have to pay PMI, saving hundreds a year. After two or three years of on time payments, you can then refinance for conventional mortgage rates.
Hybrid Mortgage Basics
Since so many people refinance their home loans after they have reestablished their credit, lenders created a mortgage to offer maximum flexibility for borrowers. Hybrid mortgages are typically 1.5% lower than a conventional loan for the first two or three years, depending on your mortgage terms. After that, the rated becomes adjustable, rising and falling based on indexes.
Lenders usually require a prepayment fee if the mortgage is paid off before two or three years. Since most borrowers use this period to establish good credit, the fee isnt a problem for most. You may also be able to waive the fee by paying a point upon the loans settlement.
A hybrid mortgage also allows you to borrow more than with a fixed rate mortgage since your monthly payments are lower. You may also decide to increase your down payment to lower your rate or...