Fixed-rate Mortgages Louisiana

A fixed-rate mortgage is a mortgage where the interest rate is set for the term of the loan. Your interest rate stays the same for the term of the mortgage or for a specified period of time.

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Avenue Mortgage
504-525-4663
322 Lafayette St
New Orleans, LA
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504-733-6996
1200 S Clearview Pkwy
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225-298-1210
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225 921-2206
9345 Corsica Ave
Baton Rouge, LA
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3851 S Sherwood Forest Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA
Benchmark Mortgage
504-737-8440
6226 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA
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504-529-3771
365 Canal St
New Orleans, LA
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504-218-7674
4011 Saint Claude Ave
New Orleans, LA
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A Fixed Rate mortgage will offer you the security of knowing that your mortgage interest rate will not change during the term of your fixed rate. For example, a lender can offer a 30-year fixed loan to a homebuyer at a 6.5% interest rate. The loan is locked in to the 6.5% interest rate, even if the market interest rate rises to 8.0%. Conversely, if the market interest rate decreases to 4.5%, you will continue to pay the 6.5% interest rate. A Fixed-Rate Mortgage applies the same interest rate toward monthly loan payments for the life of the loan.

Features:

- Straightforward and easier to understand than Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs).

- More secure for the buyer and very popular with first-time home buyers.

- Ideal for anyone who likes to budget monthly expenses and plans to keep their home for several years.

- Since the risk to the lender is higher, fixed-rate mortgages generally have higher interest rates than Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs).

- Tend to have higher initial monthly payments compared to those of adjustable rate mortgages.

- Fixed-rate mortgages are less flexibility than adjustable rate mortgages.

With adjustable rate mortgages the interest rate is not fixed, but changes during the life of the loan in line with movements in an index rate. The advantage of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage is that you may be able to afford a more expensive home because your initial interest rate will be lower. In a fixed-rate mortgage, your interest rate stays the same for the term of the mortgage.

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Chileshe Mwape writes for The Secured Personal Loans Website at: http://www.secured-personal-loan.org.uk/ and he’s also a regular contributor to the Fixed-rate Mortgages blog at http://www.fixed-rate-mortgages.blogspot.com/

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