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In asking the question ‘where do banks get their money from’ you can gain an understanding into why mortgage interest rates at some point in time will have to rise. The reason is because they primarily get their money from savers, people who work hard, take care of their finances and want to invest their money for a healthy return i.e. reasonable interest payments.

What the banks do in simplistic terms is that they take the money invested by savers and they pay interest on the amount of money invested that is lower than the interest they receive from the loans they make. Obviously there are other ways the banks get returns on the money they hold, investing in stocks and shares is another obvious example.

So what the banks do with the money, in a nutshell, is to take risks with it in order to earn more from it than they pay out in interest to people who save with them.

Following on from this statement you can get a feel for how the banks reached a point of financial crises and how the whole economy of the world was put at risk. It was because they got greedy, took too many risks and lent money to too many people who were not capable or didn’t intend to repay the loans. It was done to such an extent that they got themselves into a situation that was irrecoverable without government intervention and a bail out on a massive scale funded by tax payers.

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So many people want to predict where the mortgage rates are going. After all, even a single percentage point of movement in mortgage rates can and will affect other rates in the market, not to mention possibly lead another family to the brink of becoming homeless.

Unfortunately, predicting mortgage requires a crystal ball, a third eye and a magic wand, all of which no human being has yet to possess. Still, you can predict with a certain degree of accuracy where mortgage rates are headed. You just need to learn how to study trends, correlate two things and be observant of the economy.

Factors to Consider

It must be emphasized that mortgage companies have their own ways with which to set individual rates. However, they tend to stick to similar sets of factors when considering their rates, which you can also use to predict where said rates are headed.

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