Quicken Loans Rateshield: Lock Or Lower A Mortgage Rate

Hal M. Bundrick, CFP, NerdWallet.com
Mon, 09/24/2018 - 6:40am

One of the (many) thorny decisions you’ll face when buying a home is when to lock your mortgage rate. What if you lock it in now and rates go down? Or, if you don’t lock today — and rates go up? Gah! Ordinarily, you’ll encounter those choices once you’ve got a contract on a house... Hal M.

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