Fed rate cut - what happens

DDA Mortgage • August 5, 2019

Fed rate cut - what happens. And what does this mean for your mortgage.

Just because the Fed cut the rates doesn't mean your mortgage rate drops. Learn more about how it does help.
  • Transcript

    I'm Didier at Didier mortgage we just

    had a Fed cut of a quarter of a point

    what does it mean doesn't mean the rates

    is drop automatically

    the answer's no see the markets been

    anticipating a rate drop now for several

    months so it has been easy the ten-year

    Treasuries been easing the rates have

    been coming down but when the feds

    announced a quarter of a pallet drop

    they got a little upset with Wall Street

    because Wall Street wanted a half a

    point they wanted more aggressive cuts

    and the Fed said not you got a quarter

    and I don't see anything happening

    anymore for a while so that wasn't what

    Wall Street wanted so when you saw that

    that happened rates actually popped a

    little bit but you have to remember the

    preceding months the rates were coming

    down so they just wanted to see more

    aggressiveness there's a little bit of

    instability because they don't know if

    more cutter in store for the remainder

    of the year so it kind of asked if the

    unemployment is so low and the economy

    is doing so incredibly well why are the

    feds cut why does Wall Street 1/2 a

    point is because of tariffs everything

    going on trying to keep things steaming

    along these are just questions but you

    know if you're gonna refinance and I'm

    getting lots of calls and emails on that

    you have to really drop almost 2 percent

    in order to make it worthwhile because

    of the closing cost yes the closing

    costs are included in your loan amount

    but I get that little trigger of about

    18 months one and a half years to

    recuperate your closing cost I'm all for

    it but you know I've got people calling

    me up that the rates have dropped a

    quarter or three-eighths of percent of

    like we got refinance now you're gonna

    drop by $20 and you can spend $3,600

    that doesn't make sense so really you

    have to wait for that opportunity when

    you have a significant rate drop when

    you see a rate has dropped down by two

    percent is that out of the ballpark I

    don't think so is it gonna happen today

    no I think there's opportunities next

    year so really you have to make it worth

    the while to refinance in order to be

    cost effective and again you had to hear

    about the feds

    you got the feds wanting a quarter and

    they're not seeing anything happening it

    lately or in the near future

    Wall Street wanting a half and more

    aggressive hmm we'll have to see what

    happens but

    the rates great absolutely a great

    opportunity to buy and maybe makes sense

    on refinancing if you've dropped enough

    did-ent da mortgage thanks for joining

    me


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