Luck refers to that which happens to a person beyond that person's control. This view incorporates phenomena that are chance happenings, a person's place of birth for example, but where there is no uncertainty involved, or where the uncertainty is irrelevant.
Average rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have climbed in recent weeks by about a quarter-percentage point, from 3.75 percent to almost 4 percent â about a $600-a-year difference on a $350,000 mortgage. Several sources of data suggest that buyers are paying more attention to the threat of higher rates.
High cost mortgages include first mortgages with an interest rate that is more than 6.5% higher than the average prime offer rate, or a second mortgage with an interest rate more than 8.5% higher than the average prime offer rate, as well as other enumerated definitions. See 15 U.S.C. Â§ 1602 (Dodd-Frank Act Â§ 1431).