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Is 30 Year Mortgage Better Than 15 Year Mortgage

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When you want to buy something and you are out of the required money, you have two options. Either quit from getting that particular thing or have it but on lease. In the later case, you are given the time to submit the money in the intervals. This way you are supposed to pay some interest on the net amount of the price.

Talking specifically about the houses, we generally stuck between the notion that a 30 year fixed mortgage is better or a 15 year fixed mortgage rate is reasonable.

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Well, What-so-ever you chose, decide while keeping your budget and finances in mind. In short you must carefully consider all the pros and cons regarding it.

Comparison

Some people say that the 15 year mortgage is much better. The reasons they give include that you get to owe your house soon and the sum of the total amount at the end is relatively less than the net amount that’s comes in the case of 30 years mortgage. But some people are found to be more comfortable with the 30 years mortgage because they think in larger time period; it would be easier for them to pay the dues because per month they have to pay comparatively less. They find it easy as they don’t have cut off their expenses and stuff. They can easily manage a very less amount for installments every month.

We therefore, eventually did a comparison between these two. Taking a simple example for knowing either the 15 year mortgage is economical or the 30 year mortgage is reasonable, we found the following results by doing random calculations. Here it is:

You want to buy a house for $300,000 and you decided for 30 years fixed rate mortgage at 6.5%. You will have to pay somewhere between $1900 and $2000 monthly. And at the end, $300,000 will be paid by you on your house and $382,633 on the interest. The total comes out to be $682,633 which is almost the double of the amount of the price of your home.

If you decide to buy the same house but with 15 years fixed rate of mortgage, you will have to pay $2,532 per month. You will have to spend $455,682 at the end of the 15 years. House spending will include $300,000 and the interest charges will include $155,682. The total will come out to be $226,951, which is less than the amount we got in the case of 30 years mortgage.

Therefore, by seeing the results above, it is clearly shown that 15 years mortgage is found to be more economical but, there will be a burden of paying high installments.

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Fluctuations in 30-Years Mortgage Rates

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No doubt, 30 year mortgage is the most popular type of home loans among people as it offers a fixed interest rate and monthly payments are lower. But due to the long term mortgage borrowers is required to pay off more interest over the loan life. These mortgages are the best options to purchase home through loans.

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A fluctuation in the rates on the 30-year mortgages has been recorded as in comparison with the last year these rates are lower this year. Last year the average rates were about 5.16% where as the average rate this year is nearly 5%.

According to Freddie Mac fixed rate mortgages have faced a drastic downfall from the 4.04% to 4.34%. Likewise, this downfall was also recorded on five year adjustable rate mortgages from 4.27% to 4.19% before a week. While the rise in one year ARMs have been recorded from 4.22% to 4.33%.

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Mortgage rates reduce to 5%- Refinance your Home Loan

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Since start of  December 2009, interest rate for mortgages have reduced to the level of 5 percent. Interest Rates have come down from last weeks’s 5.30%.  This movement in mortgage rates have sparked mixed feeling among borrowers and lenders. Basic reason behind recent movement of mortgage rates is movement in 10 Year treasury rates.

Mortgage rateAlmost all economic experts agree and relate rise/fall in mortgage rate with movements of fixed treasury rates. As 10 year fixed treasury rates have slowed down, not too much but a reasonable reduction have appeared on boards. Analysts are of the view that mortgage rate will go down further. They are not sure that how much reduction will take place exactly but surely there will be some reduction.


So today if you are thinking to refinance your loan in near future. time has arrived. Please do not wait anymore. Now is the best time to refinance your Home Loan. The Analysts also think that the mortgage rates are likely to  rise to more than 7% in year 2010. Even if you are of the views that it will be round about 6% in 2010. Still it is a great reason to refinance your home loan.

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Still many mortgage lenders offer a 5% interest rate. this is the most favorable period to refinance your Home Loan. and relax yourself up to some extent. Because those lenders with 5% interest rate today will offer you a round about 5.5% mortgage rate after first quarter of the year 2010. So get ready to apply today for refinance your loan.