Take out 30 year FRM or go on Refinancing 5/1 year ARM?

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I'm in a similar situation to Mary. I have a 5/1 ARM at 5.375% that will readjust in March 2010. It will readjust to 1 year LIBOR + 2.25. And if I'm reading the loan docs correctly, it will adjust and then that rate will hold for the next 12 months before it adjusts again. I'm watching the forecasts closely and hoping my payments might actually come down too.

gmakerley · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:01 am Post subject:

libor index today is 1.509, so fully indexed rate today would be 3.759. obviously, things are going to change between now and next spring, but if we had to state expectations based on what we know now, it seems that rates won't be climbing any time too soon.

Jimmymackin · Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 66 0.43 Dollars($)

George,

I follow MND and from what some of the tech experts are saying, interest are bound to increase when the treasury stops buying MBS in October...what is your opinion on that?

bensonclive · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 91 -0.12 Dollars($)

If treasury stops buying MBS then what could be the possible security? Do you have the answers for that for the time being? One of the safest security is fixed deposits, but how many guys are going to provide Fixed deposits worth the value (at least half of that) of the home but I do not think that it is feasible for the treasury to go for complete negation of the MBS.

MBS are going to stay there but their dependency or their ratings will surely affect in coming future but it will not stop altogether.

gmakerley · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:

i don't stay on top of the markets myself, to know who buys what and when and why, so i really can't comment on this last topic. somebody is bound to be buying mortgage-backed securities at some point.

bensonclive · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 91 -0.12 Dollars($)

george thats what is really persistent.One can not deny that mortgage backed securities because this is one of the best security available in general.

gmakerley · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:20 am Post subject:

i wouldn't dare to say that something is "one of the best security" available - i might have in an earlier incarnation, but we've seen too much go awry in markets in the past year or two. who - i wish someone had an answer - could have foreseen the outright crash of 401(K) plans? i am not a seer, a soothsayer, a prophet, an oracle, and don't anticipate that changing any time soon.

if you have some particular insight into finances, bensonclive, please share that with this community, so that at least this little tiny part of the globe can enrich itself.

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If your Home Mortgage Loan is about to adjust and you have equity, right now is the best time to lock in a 30Yr Fixed Loan. Talk to your Loan Officer today.

Kal Patel
Voyage Home Loans

gmakerley · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

i can't disagree with that kal. rates are extremely good (worse today than yesterday, though; worse yesterday than on friday as well, but nonetheless still qualify for that extremely good description above.

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