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A yield spread premium (YSP) is the money or rebate paid to a mortgage broker for giving a borrower a higher interest rate on a loan in exchange for lower up front costs, generally paid in origination fees, broker fees or discount points.
Refinancing is the replacement of an existing debt obligation with another debt obligation under a different term and interest rate. The terms and conditions of refinancing may vary widely by country, province, or state, based on several economic factors such as inherent risk, projected risk, political stability of a nation, currency stability, banking regulations, borrower's credit worthiness ...
Adjustable rate mortgage or ARM - A mortgage where the interest rate adjusts relative to a specified index + margin. E.g. COFI, LIBOR etc.; Hybrid ARM - An adjustable rate mortgage where the initial 'start' rate is fixed for some portion of time (3,5,7, or 10 years) thereafter the interest rate adjusts (yearly or bi-annually) based on the sum of a specified index + margin.
To refinance a mortgage, you’ll pay between 2 and 5 percent of the loan amount in closing costs, so if you’re refinancing to save money, you’ll need to calculate your break-even point.
Marry the house, date the rate. That real estate advice is getting easier to follow now that mortgage rates have started to drop from a decades-long peak and homeowners can refinance to get lower ...
Federal regulations require that unless its use is specifically exempted, either the HUD-1 or the HUD-1A, as appropriate, must be used for all mortgage transactions that are subject to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Prior to October 3, 2015, the form was used in closed-end consumer credit transactions that were secured by real ...
Mortgage borrowers are rushing to refinance their loans as borrowing costs tumble. Last week, mortgage rates fell to their lowest since May of last year, according to Freddie Mac data.
Yield spread can also be an indicator of profitability for a lender providing a loan to an individual borrower. For consumer loans, particularly home mortgages , an important yield spread is the difference between the interest rate actually paid by the borrower on a particular loan and the (lower) interest rate that the borrower's credit would ...