adjustable rate mortgage
noun
: a mortgage having an interest rate which is usually initially lower than that of a mortgage with a fixed rate but is adjusted periodically according to the cost of funds to the lender
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The financial crisis of 2008, when home values imploded, and earlier changes to the mortgage industry in the 1970s and 1980s, including the creation of Freddie Mac and the introduction of the adjustable rate mortgage, also set off permanent transformations.
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Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
In the housing market, for example, lending standards have improved, and the number of adjustable rate mortgages has plummeted since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
Meanwhile, the average rate for a kind of adjustable rate mortgage — a 5/1 ARM — dropped to 6.33% from 6.49%.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
Her advice, however, for people that have adjustable rate mortgages that are about to reset was a bit more blunt.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
When is an adjustable rate mortgage right for you?
—Mia Taylor, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
What is an adjustable rate mortgage?
—Amber Bonefont, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
So an olderloan known as an adjustable rate mortgage, or ARM, is making a comeback.
—Trevor Fraser, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
Another way to stay in the game and evade higher payments is to use an adjustable rate mortgage or ARM, said Bill Adams, president of Adams Realtors which specializes in properties in and close to the city of Atlanta.
—Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 6 May 2022
Debra Kamin, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
In the housing market, for example, lending standards have improved, and the number of adjustable rate mortgages has plummeted since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
Meanwhile, the average rate for a kind of adjustable rate mortgage — a 5/1 ARM — dropped to 6.33% from 6.49%.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
Her advice, however, for people that have adjustable rate mortgages that are about to reset was a bit more blunt.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
When is an adjustable rate mortgage right for you?
—Mia Taylor, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023
What is an adjustable rate mortgage?
—Amber Bonefont, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
So an olderloan known as an adjustable rate mortgage, or ARM, is making a comeback.
—Trevor Fraser, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
Another way to stay in the game and evade higher payments is to use an adjustable rate mortgage or ARM, said Bill Adams, president of Adams Realtors which specializes in properties in and close to the city of Atlanta.
—Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 6 May 2022
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1979, in the meaning defined above
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