10 Percent Reduction In Home Prices Well, not exactly; it just feels that way. Mortgage interest rates are at a fifty year low with rates down close to 4.00 percent. If you compare that to interest rates of just a year ago at nearly 5.00 percent, which by the way was still a great rate, then you see a substantial difference in the mortgage payment. A one percent change in the interest rate is about the same as a 10 percent change in the home price. In other words, a house which was purchased last year for $200,000 with a 5 percent interest rate, today at the same price of $200,000 and a 4 percent interest rate would feel like a purchase of only $180,000 when comparing the mortgage payments. Just think; that is equivalent to a $20,000 difference just because the interest rate dropped by ...
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