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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.
When it’s worth it to refinance your mortgage. Refinancing your mortgage can result in huge financial savings. Think about refinancing your mortgage if:
Rates on a 15-year mortgage stand at an average 6.30% for purchase and 6.33% for refinance, down 4 basis points from 6.34% for purchase and 1 basis point from 6.34% for refinance this time last week.
An Adjustable-Rate Mortgage that only goes down? Sounds too good to be true. But that's what a Virginia startup is promising. But first, the background. If you've refinanced your mortgage without ...
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 ...
In my last post, I began to lay the groundwork for the argument as to why the mortgage (and real estate) markets need radical transparency to restore consumer and investor confidence. I described ...