JUMBO MORTGAGES: New Mortgage Rule Aims to Close an Interest Rate Gap
WASHINGTON | Anna Galloway keeps a watchful eye on interest rates and stays in touch with her mortgage broker because she is eager to refinance the “jumbo” loan on her Charles County, Md., home.
“But I haven’t even bothered to try to refinance yet because I know the jumbo rates are too high right now,” said Galloway, 37, a legal secretary. “I’m just waiting and watching for any sign that the interest rates will drop.”
That drop may be coming soon.
The economic stimulus package that President Bush signed last week includes provisions aimed at pulling those rates down and reinvigorating a part of the mortgage market still stunned by problems with subprime borrowers that surfaced last year.
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