People often assume that because adjustable-rate mortgages “share risk” between mortgage lender and mortgage lendee, they will be rewarded with a lower mortgage rate than if they chose a comparable fixed-rate mortgage.
The chart at the left proves that thinking false.
Three separate times since mid-September, 5-year ARMs priced worse than a similar 30-year, fixed rate mortgage. It’s atypical, but it does happen from time to time.
And it’s also why locking mortgage rates is like running a Peyton Manning offense — you can’t call a play until you’ve stepped to the line and studied what’s on the other side of the ball.
Before settling on a specific mortgage plan, remember that mortgage markets change daily and mortgage rates change every 3 hours, 11 minutes. A 5-year ARM may look cheaper in the morning, but by the afternoon, it could be losing out to the 30-year fixed and — all things equal — it’s better to take that fixed-rate mortgage at a lower rate if it’s available.
Jeannette Neerpat
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