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2. Fixed interest rate loan - Wikipedia

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   A fixed interest rate loan is a loan where the interest rate doesn't fluctuate during the fixed rate period of the loan. [ 1] This allows the borrower to accurately predict their future payments. Variable rate loans, by contrast, are anchored to the prevailing discount rate . A fixed interest rate is as exactly as it sounds - a specific, fixed ...

3. Fixed-rate mortgage - Wikipedia

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   The fixed-rate mortgage was the first mortgage loan that was fully amortized (fully paid at the end of the loan) precluding successive loans, and had fixed interest rates and payments. Fixed-rate mortgages are the most classic form of loan for home and product purchasing in the United States. The most common terms are 15-year and 30-year ...

4. Fixed vs. adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM): What’s the ... - AOL

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   The biggest difference between a fixed-rate mortgage and an ARM is the variability of the interest rate. With a fixed-rate mortgage, the amount you pay towards interest each month stays constant ...

5. Interest rate - Wikipedia

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   An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited, or borrowed (called the principal sum). The total interest on an amount lent or borrowed depends on the principal sum, the interest rate, the compounding frequency, and the length of time over which it is lent, deposited, or borrowed.

6. Fixed income - Wikipedia

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   Fixed income derivatives include interest rate derivatives and credit derivatives. Often inflation derivatives are also included into this definition. There is a wide range of fixed income derivative products: options, swaps, futures contracts as well as forward contracts. The most widely traded kinds are: Credit default swaps; Interest rate swaps

7. Mortgage - Wikipedia

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   Interest: Interest may be fixed for the life of the loan or variable, and change at certain pre-defined periods; the interest rate can also, of course, be higher or lower. Term: Mortgage loans generally have a maximum term, that is, the number of years after which an amortizing loan will be repaid.