Not exact matches
When rates are rising interest rate risk is higher for lenders since they have foregone profits from issuing
fixed - rate
mortgage loans that could be earning higher interest over time in a variable rate
scenario.
This real - world
scenario highlights the pros and cons of the 15 - year
fixed mortgage loan.
In this
scenario, the
mortgage is set at 95 percent of the home's value with a 30 year
fixed interest rate of 3.75 percent.
For example (with
mortgage and without
mortgage scenario): 1) your
mortgage is $ 75000 @ 5.5 % interest (
fixed) 2) assume you're in a 25 % tax bracket 3) assume your income is $ 60,000 / yr
This real - world
scenario highlights the pros and cons of the 15 - year
fixed mortgage loan.
Scenario 1:
Fixed Let's say that a lender is offering you a fixed rate reverse mortgage at a rate of 4
Fixed Let's say that a lender is offering you a
fixed rate reverse mortgage at a rate of 4
fixed rate reverse
mortgage at a rate of 4.2 %.
Consider these three different lending
scenarios for a five - year
fixed mortgage, based on the purchase of a $ 370,000 home with a 5 % down payment.
Of course, this is just one
scenario — the rate could also go down or stay the same, and even remain lower than comparable
fixed - rate
mortgages.
In the current
scenario when the interest rates are already the lowest, it is advisable to go for
fixed rate
mortgages.
Using this example, let's apply a
scenario of a 30 - year
fixed - rate
mortgage with a desired loan amount of $ 250,000 with $ 4,000 in closing costs.
In this
scenario, if the borrower plans on staying in the home for at least 44 months, they will recoup the entire $ 4,000 in closing costs that were rolled into the new loan amount, and will then save approximately $ 31,000 over the remaining term of the new 30 - year
fixed - rate
mortgage loan.
In both the
scenarios above, the new
mortgage was a variable one, but a lot of people could benefit from switching to a new
fixed - rate
mortgage too.
To calculate the total potential savings from breaking your
fixed - rate
mortgage, ask a
mortgage broker to run a few
scenarios for you.
Here's one
scenario: $ 230,449 is left on a 30 - year
fixed rate loan for a $ 300,000
mortgage taken out at 7.93 percent in 1995.
In a typical 30 - year
fixed - rate
mortgage scenario, the borrower will start out paying mostly interest during the first years of the repayment term.
Under this
scenario, our final costs for the $ 250,000 home we put 20 % down on are greater than both the
fixed 30 - year and the
fixed 15 - year
mortgage.
Here's an example of a $ 100,000 cash - out refi using the same
scenario above, provided by Paul Skeens, president of Colonial
Mortgage Group in Waldorf, Md.: Your new mortgage amount on your $ 400,000 home will be $ 300,000, with a new fixed rate for 30 years at 4.375 percent, plus half a point (0.5 percent of the loan
Mortgage Group in Waldorf, Md.: Your new
mortgage amount on your $ 400,000 home will be $ 300,000, with a new fixed rate for 30 years at 4.375 percent, plus half a point (0.5 percent of the loan
mortgage amount on your $ 400,000 home will be $ 300,000, with a new
fixed rate for 30 years at 4.375 percent, plus half a point (0.5 percent of the loan amount).