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Exploring How Interest Rates Work

Mortgage lenders often make their interest rates highly visible, but they rarely explain how these rates work. For instance, let’s say you take out a 30-year mortgage for $200,000 with a 7.5% interest rate. This would result in a monthly payment of about $1,400. But where does that 7.5% rate come from? Simply put, it’s …