adjustable-rate mortgage
Americannoun
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To buy his former wife’s portion of the house, Sutton refinanced the mortgage and owes $300,000 on an adjustable-rate mortgage that’s now charging 6.75%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
That meant parting ways with that ultralow mortgage rate and taking on a seven-year adjustable-rate mortgage at 6.3% to buy a single-family home set on two acres.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
Many buyers are therefore making new calculations, including whether it’s worth paying upfront fees in exchange for a lower rate, or if an adjustable-rate mortgage is worth the risk.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022
The 5-year Treasury indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage averaged 4.97% in the latest survey up from 4.93% last week and 2.43% last week.
From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2022
The average interest rate for a 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage — fixed for the first five years and changing every year after — was 3.78 percent for the week that ended Thursday, according to Freddie Mac.
From New York Times • May 1, 2022
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