TODAY'S
RATE
What’s today’s
rate? This is a very common question and many will shop rates until they
hear what they want to hear, sometimes for weeks or months. The rate quoted now
can change in a matter of minutes or hours. The amount of time it takes to go
from the phone call to the lenders office is enough time for the rate to
change.
Rates are
like yo-yo’s. Up and down daily. What’s going on with the investors in the
stock market? What are bonds doing? What just happened overseas? What just
happened to the oil prices? In addition,
the interest rates you hear about on the nightly news or read about in the
paper and on the internet are not necessarily the rates that you can get for a
loan. The rate that you qualify for will
depend on some of the following factors such as: job situation, income, debts,
credit scores, money management, late payments, cash on hand, assets,
bankruptcy, foreclosure, or how much equity is available to refinance.
The recent
changes in the mortgage industry have resulted in tougher application processes
and lending standards. and sometimes it seems like the banks do not want to
give out money. They want to know everything about you, including the
relationships between the borrower and co-borrower if they are not married. So,
when you are ready to commit to get a loan and move forward, be ready to tell
me something about yourself and your co borrower.