How Interest Rates Affect Monthly Payments—the Math

How Interest Rates Affect Monthly Payments—the Math
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The party’s over for many would-be homeowners. The “party” I’m referring to is the historically low interest rates that made borrowing money the most affordable it had ever been. As of August 2022, the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed Freddie Mac mortgage is 4.99 percent, which is up from about 2.68 percent in December 2021.

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