Over the last month you have seen the news about the Federal reserve cutting the interest rates. Every time this happens I get hundreds of calls, from old clients of mine, wondering what the rates are at? What they don’t understand is that the news media is getting this completely wrong. Many people and news experts have a misunderstanding about the change in the federal funds rate and how it affects mortgage rates. Not understanding this can cost you a lot of money on a 30 year mortgage. You need to have an understanding that the Federal Reserve does not determine mortgage rates.Let me explain how mortgage rates are determined. Basically, when you take out a mortgage, the bank or mortgage company is making you a loan at a given interest rate. Sometimes the firm that makes the loan holds onto it, like a local bank. But more often than not, the lender or mortgage company sells that loan to an institution that packages it with other mortgages into what’s known as a mortgage-backed security and then sells that security to investors. That investor, whether it’s a mutual fund or a large institutional investor, earns a return by collecting the […]

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