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Economic Commentary

Will Adjustable Rate Mortgages Survive?

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The variety of mortgage loan programs currently available to home buyers has made choosing a mortgage loan as difficult as choosing a house. One of these mortgage loan options, the adjustable rate mortgage, became so popular in 1983-84 that it supplanted the traditional fixed-rate mortgage as the dominant type of home mortgage financing.

01.15.1985ISSN 2163-3738 EC 1/15/1985

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Buynak, Thomas M. 1985. “Will Adjustable Rate Mortgages Survive?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 1/15/1985.

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