Adjustable Rate Loans An adjustable rate loan
amortizes over the full term of the loan although the interest rate may reset, based on the then current margin plus index, annually after the initial period.
When you spread that out
over the full term of the loan (four years), you see that Frank is paying an extra $ 2,780 in interest charges.
The $ 164.44 increase would cost a homeowner an additional $ 13,812.97 in seven years and close to $ 60,000
over the full term of the loan.