Are Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Bad?

Adjustable-rate mortgages are a great option in a low or declining interest rate environment, explains Riley Adams, a CPA and senior financial analyst who runs the personal finance blog Young and the Invested. Typically, ARMs anchor to some publicly-available interest rate benchmark (such as LIBOR, Fed Funds rate, prime rate, etc.) and add a defined number of basis points to the overall rate offered to you under the ARM. If your ARM adjusts way higher than what you were paying, you can refinance to another ARM or a fixed-rate mortgage—whichever option saves you the most money. (Though sometimes refinancing can be out of the question if housing prices drop greatly—one of the problems that happened during the 2008 housing crisis)

Source: Apartmenttherapy.com

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