Bank of America is offering some of the best mortgage rates available these days. We were quoted several different mortgage rates for a single family home in Sandy Springs Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The quote was for a home with a value of $400,000 with a 20 percent down payment.
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The rate for a conventional 30-year fixed rate mortgage with 1.25 discount points is 5.25 percent. Points or discount points allows one to “pay down the rate”, in this mortgage quote, 1.25 discount points is equal to $1,250 for every $100,000 borrowed, or $4,000 for this quote.
The home loan rate Bank of America quoted us wasn’t much higher than the national average for today’s mortgage rate which is currently at 5.22 percent. Current mortgage rates have been in a range of 5.00 percent to 5.50 percent, going up one week and down the next.
The bank also quoted us a 15-year mortgage rate of 4.375 percent with 1.125 points. Which is lower than the average rate, 15-year mortgage rates currently are at 4.63 percent.
Bank of America’s 5-year adjustable mortgage rate is currently at 4.00 percent with 1.125 discount points. The national average mortgage interest rate for a 5-year adjustable rate mortgage is 4.35 percent as of today.
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Author: Brian McKay
August 23rd, 2009
