Float

Float Defined

A mortgage applicant with a floating rate is subject to the up and down movement in interest rates everyday until the float is corrected. It is said the applicant is at “interest rate risk”.

Rate Lock: Get It In Writing

What documents should you sign to execute a mortgage rate lock? Always get a rate lock agreement from your broker or banker at the time of lock. Of course, like anything in the real estate or mortgage world, if it’s not in writing it doesn’t exist.