Kayava,
A discount point is 1% of the loan amount paid by the buyer or the seller at the closing to lower the interest rate from its base rate. It is not profit to the lender. It is the cost of money. Most loans do not require any discount points for the base rate offer on a specific day by the lender. To go below that rate, a point or a portion of a point is charged. It is usually a little less than 1% in discount point to go down 1/8% in interest rate. The cost spread is established by the bond market.
Origination fee is typically 1% of the loan amount . This is the fee paid to the lender for doing the loan for you.
Rates can and do change all day every day.
Sally W.Hamby
The Sally Team
Gerogia-Atlanta
404 644 7696 - Mon Oct 26 2009, 12:57