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If asset prices are higher, balance sheets will look healthy; if interest rates are low, borrowers can service their debts.
When inflation and interest rates are low, borrowers pay less in the early years, but more later on as the real value of the mortgage is eroded more slowly.
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Although mortgage rates are at historic lows, borrowers need to understand that the advertised rates are generally for those with the best credit.
"While rates are at historical lows, borrowers still have a very difficult time accessing the mortgage markets," said John Tashjian, principal at Centurion Real Estate Partners.
But with long-term rates so low, shrewd borrowers who might typically have tapped the short-term market for capital will simply issue long-term debt.
The caveat here, of course, is that in order to get those low rates, borrowers are paying points — essentially, interest paid up front, in a lump sum.
It would be foolhardy to raise rates because unemployment is shrinking fast, particularly with inflation low and borrowers still massively overburdened with debt.
And it wasn't necessarily low income borrowers getting these dubious mortgages.
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For example, Lin et al. found that when the borrower's credit rating is low, the borrower has a lesser possibility of success.
Consumer groups say the interest rates charged on what are designed to be short-term loans are as much as 4,000% APR, and that low-income borrowers often end up rolling over their borrowings and accruing large debts.
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