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Mortgage Rates Advantages The question, "Should I get a fixed rate or an ARM?" has puzzled every home buyer who has shopped for a loan.The ARM, of course, is an adjustable-rate mortgage whose interest rate can go up or down. By contrast, a fixed-rate loan locks in your rate for the life of your loan -- there's no need to guess as to where the rate will be next year or in 15 or 30 years. At first glance, an ARM looks like a heckuva good deal next to a fixed rate. The average ARM rate nationwide is usually less than the average fixed-rate. So far that looks like a no-brainer, right? The gamble But there's a gamble involved, and ARM buyers can get burned as a result. With an ARM, your payments are lower for the first three or four years, and will stay low -- provided interest rates in general don't skyrocket. If they do, the lender typically will adjust your ARM rate upward by a maximum of 2 percentage points a year, and a max of 6 percent over the entire loan period. An ARM that starts out at, say, 5.75 percent can increase to 7.75 percent in the second year, to 9.75 percent in the third year, and to 11.75 percent in the fourth year. Over that period your monthly payment would shoot up from $581 to $1,000. On the other hand, when most interest rates are in a decline, such as during a recession, that tends to keep ARM rates low.
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California Factoids California is called the Golden State, and it's seemingly boundless terrain of sunshine and the Gold Rush of the 1940s are primarily the reasons. On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, starting the California Gold Rush and bringing settlers to the state in large numbers. People continue to head West in large numbers towards the land of sun and opportunity, prolonging California's nearly mythic place atop the American housing market. From Mt. Whitney at 14,495 feet to Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level (the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere), and from the eternal sunshine of Southern California to the rugged yet lush beauty of the North, the state continues to see an influx of people searching for the American Dream. By 1964, California had surpassed New York to become the most populous state. One reason for this may be that more immigrants settle in California than any other state—more than one-third of the nation's total in 1994. Asians and Pacific Islanders led the infilltration.
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