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Wednesday, October 08, 2008



If you cast a wide net, you are bound to find a rogue who will beat all the other prices, but has neither the capacity nor the intention of delivering such prices. His objective is to rope you in and move the process along until it is too late for you to back out. At that point, he raises the price using any of a dozen tricks available for that purpose.

Remember: Because the market is constantly changing, you can't hold a broker or lender to a price quote until you lock the prices. The first issue is that anyone can give a low quote. It's like the old joke, "Your lips are moving." Unless they guarantee that quote, that's all they're doing: flapping their gums. By itself, A low quote means nothing. Loan officers can, legally, quote you one loan and deliver a completely different loan at a completely different rate with a completely different (higher, or course) closing cost. Without some kind of Loan Quote Guarantee, a quote isn't worth the paper a verbal contract is printed on.



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Current Mortgage Rates*

Loan Type
National Average
30-yr. fixed6.12%
30-yr. fixed jumbo7.62%
15-yr. fixed5.88%
15-yr. fixed jumbo7.12%
7/1 ARM6.25%
5/1 ARM6.00%
3/1 ARM5.88%
1-yr. ARM5.50%
1-yr. LIBOR ARM6.12%
10/1 ARM8.25%
40-yr. fixed7.12%
*Mortgage Rates Updated: 10/07/2008