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Housing report: Why the changing mortgage rates curve matters
November 18th, 2009Bernard Hickey delivers a Housing Report on the way the mortgage rates curve is changing and what it means for homeowners.
Short term and variable mortgage rates are either flat or falling while longer term mortgage rates are rising. This has turned the mortgage market on its head so that now variable rates are cheaper than fixed rates. This ’steepness’ of the mortgage rate curve is increasing and forcing home owners to decide whether variable is better than fixed. One option is to hedge your bets by having half fixed and half floating.
See here for an interactive chart on the steepness of the mortgage rates curve.
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Keep an eye on the Japanese govt bond issue costs. I’m told rates are rising. That’s important. Might mean the end of the carry trade in Yen. likely to lead to higher priced fixed term loot in the land with the housing bubble economy.
November 18th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
SPAM SPAM SPAM above
November 19th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Thanks ruru, it’s gone now
November 19th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Fix it. I fixed 75% of it almost a year ago when everybody told me not to at 6.5% for 4 years. For that same term you now pay 8.5%
I think variable rates will snap up suddenly and then there will be a run on fixed rates that will shoot up even faster.
Staying on variable rates is a dangerous cat and mouse game that is bound to bite you in the ass because those rates are about as low as they will go.