Interest rates are on the rise and show no signs of slowing down. Most housing markets are finally starting to peak and come down a little, but potential home owners are worried about what rate they can get a with a home loan.
Potential mortgage customers are also concerned about different loan types. They’ve been hearing about the recent foreclosure rates and are worried about being trapped in a loan that they won’t be able to afford in a few years due to adjustable interest rates.
With all this concern, a consumer must know there are options to find and apply for low rate mortgages. Some mortgage sites allow a consumer to fill out a brief form that will be submitted to several lenders. The lenders then review these forms and make offers to the consumers. The consumer wins because the banks and lenders are competing for their business. The competive nature of the site allows the mortgage consumer to choose which lender and which terms work best for them.
These sites also allow the consumer to learn more about the different types of mortgages. There are also areas about debt consolidation and equity loans, where consumers can apply for those type of loans as well.
The amount of people applying for mortgage loans fell slightly over the latest week. The Mortgage Bankers Association has notified news services that the index of mortgage activity has dropped 5.5 points to an index of 641.1 over the past week. This is most likely due to a decrease in home purchase activity, and possibly that an influx of new applications experienced in early August has peaked.
The Washington Post reports:
Applications, however, may have climbed earlier in August as a major lender hurt by turmoil in mortgage bond and other financial markets closed its doors, forcing borrowers to reapply elsewhere, said Jay Brinkmann, a vice president of research at the MBA.
“The drop in applications we see here may be an indication that those borrowers have now been taken care of,” he said.
The slight drop isn’t indicative if whether or not lenders will be willing to accept riskier loans due to a decrease in demand. This will most likely be a momentary deflux.
Interest rates, however, continue to rise according to the Post:
Fixed 30-year mortgage rates averaged 6.49 percent last week, excluding fees, up from 6.45 percent the prior week.
Source: The Washington Post
by Joseph Kenny
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