Adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, are home loans with fluctuating interest rates. The main difference between adjustable- and fixed-rate mortgages is that fixed-rate mortgages keep the same rate for ...

Adjustable-rate mortgages may be attractive to buyers because they tend to offer lower interest rates than 30-year fixed-rate ...

An adjustable-rate mortgage, or ARM, can seem like an enticing offer, as they often offer initially lower rates than the more standard fixed-rate mortgage. But later on, the rate is subject to change ...

What Is a 5/1 ARM? (And Should You Get One To Snag a Lower Mortgage Rate?) Prospective homebuyers have been dealt a complicated hand in recent years. Mortgage rates are still high, home prices ...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the number of ARM applications jumped 25% last week, to their highest level in three years. Adjustable-rate mortgages — ARMs in real estate lingo — are ...

Adjustable-rate mortgages are making something of a comeback. Last week they made up nearly 10% of all mortgage applications, nearing a post-pandemic high, per the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Still, the number of Americans turning to these riskier loans has climbed sharply. The share of homebuyers using ARM loans has more than tripled over the past five years, according to the Mortgage ...

Mortgage interest rates just fell to an 11-month low last week and they are likely to continue to fall in the weeks ahead. With a Federal Reserve rate cut all but a certainty now (the dispute lies ...

ARMs often start at lower rates, but monthly payments can rise over time Adjustable-rate mortgages peaked at 35% of mortgage applications in 2005 Today's environment is vastly different for several ...