What the fuck kind of moron was getting 5 year ARM’s with 2-3% interest rates?![]()
Likely, not many before 2020. However, there are people that were in 5-year ARMs before 2020 and never refinanced when interest rates dropped.
Also, those folks that use to the First Time Home Buyer loan to purchase a house, I believe have to do 5 year ARMs for at least 10 years. And I’m not 100% sure they could have refinanced if they were still within that 10-year period when interest rates were low. I’m not confident in what I just said, but that’s how I understand it.
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Anyway, at the time I’m like 22/23 and I don’t know shit about mortgages. He’s explaining how it works to me and I distinctly remember thinking that shit don’t even sound right. Couple years later the market crashed and I’m still wondering what happened to that dude’s house. He was about his hustle though so I hope he figured it out.