{"id":137416,"date":"2023-06-17T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-points-may-help-homebuyers-lower-monthly-costs-amid-high-interest-rates-how-to-know-if-this-strategy-is-right-for-you\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T20:19:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:19:14","slug":"mortgage-points-may-help-homebuyers-lower-monthly-costs-amid-high-interest-rates-how-to-know-if-this-strategy-is-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-points-may-help-homebuyers-lower-monthly-costs-amid-high-interest-rates-how-to-know-if-this-strategy-is-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage points may help homebuyers lower monthly costs amid high interest rates. How to know if this strategy is right for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nInterest rates are expected to stay high this year, which means mortgages are more expensive. Experts say this strategy can help buyers reduce monthly costs.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : cnbc.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/06\/17\/how-mortgage-points-may-help-home-buyers-lower-monthly-costs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mortgage points may help homebuyers lower monthly costs amid high interest rates. How to know if this strategy is right for you<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Interest rates are expected to stay high this year, which means mortgages are more expensive.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-zKo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123446,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/homebuyers-offered-40-year-fixed-rate-mortgage-by-uk-lender\/","url_meta":{"origin":137416,"position":0},"title":"Homebuyers offered 40-year fixed-rate mortgage by UK lender","date":"November 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Launch by Kensington Mortgages comes amid expectations that era of ultra-low interest rates will endA mortgage offering fixed monthly payments for 40 years was launched this week \u2013 and it could mean that some homebuyers will be able to borrow more money than with a standard deal. 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