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Tuesday 18 September 2007 | general

I just love that six, eight weeks after we bought our house, the Fed lowered interest rates by half a percent…

2 Comments

  1. MES

    Only when the Prime Rate gets ridiculously low does it have an effect on home loans. It does have an effect indirectly but its not a linear function.

  2. gls

    I know — we probably would have saved something like $20-30 a month with that half percent. Still, over the course of a 30-year mortgage, the interest savings would be several thousand dollars.

    Of course, that’s what refinancing is all about!