Mortgages are basically classified into two types - the residential mortgage and commercial mortgage types. In defining a mortgage loan rate we can say that it is basically the interest rate charged by a lender on a mortgage loan. The mortgage loan rate might be classified broadly into - the fixed mortgage rate and adjustable mortgage rate. In case of fixed mortgage rates, the interest rates do not change over a period of time; whereas, the interest rates are adjusted and changed from time to time for adjustable rate mortgages.
It has been observed that the initial interest rate in the case of an adjustable rate mortgage is lower than the interest rate for a fixed rate mortgage. This is mainly because in adjustable mortgage rates, the borrower takes on some of the risks associated with the fluctuations in the interest rate. After a stipulated period especially the adjustable   mortgage loan rate is more or less regularly governed by the market index controlling system.
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