«Financial risk tolerance refers to the capacity of a household to comfortably afford mortgage payments, even if their rate
increases over the term of their mortgage.
Not exact matches
While it is widely believed that interest rates (and also
mortgage rates) are heading higher
over the long
term, the rate
of increase is likely to be extremely slow.
The Committee's sizable and still -
increasing holdings
of longer -
term securities should maintain downward pressure on longer -
term interest rates, support
mortgage markets, and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative, which in turn should promote a stronger economic recovery and help to ensure that inflation,
over time, is at the rate most consistent with the Committee's dual mandate.
Refinancing at a shorter repayment
term may
increase your
mortgage payment, but may lower the total interest paid
over the life
of the loan.
While lowering your interest rate is always good, if you
increase your loan
term at the same time, then you may
increase your finance charge, or the total dollar amount you pay loan
over the life
of your
mortgage.
A sequential
increase in book value certainly can be seen as a huge confidence boost and indicate that the worst is
over for
mortgage REITs in
terms of the bleeding.
All the while, the tenant is paying your
mortgage and your equity stake can
increase as the value
of the asset typically appreciates
over the long
term.
Examples
of prepayment:
increasing the amount
of your regular
mortgage payments making lump - sum payments to reduce your
mortgage balance paying off your
mortgage in part or in full before your
term is
over.