There two kinds of mortgage loan. One is fixed rate mortgage and other is adjustable rate mortgage.And if you want to go for the mortgage loan and you dont want conventional rate mortgage then you can try our for adjustable rate mortgage. As per the market movement the the rate also changes here and the payment of monthly premiums also change.
Basically there are three kinds of ARMs.
Hybrid ARMs : In this kind of ARM for the initial period of time the rate of mortgage remain constant and then it changes gradually. It is the mixture of both fixed rate mortgage and adjustable rate mortgage.
Option ARMs : It is a typically 30-year contract, which initially offers the borrower four monthly payment options, namely, an interest-only payment, a specified minimum payment, a 15-year fully amortizing payment, and a 30-year fully amortizing payment.
Cash flow ARMs : It is a minimun monthly payment option mortgage loan where the borrower is offered to choose his monthly payment scheme from different options. These options include e 15 year level, 30 year level, interest-only level and a minimum payment level.
Advantages of ARMs
The biggest option is the interest rate which gets lower by the end of the period of 30 years where it is absent incase of fixed rate mortgage.
Some of the ARMs has the feature of conversion where the borrower can convert his ARMs into FRMs.