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  2. Adjustable-rate mortgage - Wikipedia

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    Initial interest rate. This is the beginning interest rate on an ARM. The adjustment period. This is the length of time that the interest rate or loan period on an ARM is scheduled to remain unchanged. The rate is reset at the end of this period, and the monthly loan payment is recalculated. The index rate. Most lenders tie ARM interest rates ...

  3. Refinancing - Wikipedia

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    Refinancing is the replacement of an existing debt obligation with another debt obligation under a different term and interest rate. The terms and conditions of refinancing may vary widely by country, province, or state, based on several economic factors such as inherent risk, projected risk, political stability of a nation, currency stability, banking regulations, borrower's credit worthiness ...

  4. Floating interest rate - Wikipedia

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    A customer borrows $25,000 from a bank; the terms of the loan are (six-month) SOFR + 3.5%. At the time of issuing the loan, the SOFR rate is 2.5%. For the first six months, the borrower pays the bank 6% annual interest: in this simplified case $750 for six months.

  5. Usury - Wikipedia

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    Default interest on late payments may be charged at up to 1.46 times the ordinary maximum (i.e., 21.9% to 29.2%), while pawn shops may charge interest of up to 9% per month (i.e., 108% per year, however, if the loan extends more than the normal short-term pawn shop loan, the 9% per month rate compounded can make the annual rate in excess of 180 ...

  6. 2010 housing loan scam in India - Wikipedia

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    However, the company has been quoted as saying that they would include the margin between 2.8 and 3% in relation to the rising interest rates and their effects on the share price. However, In response the scam, the Reserve Bank of India and other regulatory and financial bodies attempted to reform the housing finance sector by making several ...

  7. Payday loans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government regulates payday loans because of: (a) significantly higher rates of bankruptcy amongst those who use loans (due to interest rates as high as 1000%); (b) unfair and illegal debt collection practices; and (c) loans with automatic rollovers which further increase debt owed to lenders.

  8. Reverse mortgage - Wikipedia

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    The line of credit growth rate is determined by adding 1.25% to the initial interest rate (IIR), which means the line of credit will grow faster if the interest rate on the loan increases. On 3 September 2013 HUD implemented Mortgagee Letter 2013-27, which made significant changes to the amount of proceeds that can be distributed within the ...

  9. Student loans in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    According to former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the take-up rate for the loans was high. [35] Interest was accumulated on these loans for all loanees including domestic-based ones. This was not changed until 2000 for a small number of people, and 2006 for New Zealand-based people.