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Possible mortgage crisis looms for millions

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30.05.2024

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  • About 1.7 million homes were bought in 2019 using adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs).
  • Many of them were “5/1” loans: five years of a lower fixed interest rate, then a conversion to a market-based rate that’s adjusted once or twice a year.
  • That means a mortgage based on a 2019 interest rate of 3.5% or even lower may balloon to around 6.5%. And that is a........

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