“X% interest rate at a cost of 1/8 of point”- what does 1/8 point mean? In context of home mortgage!

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The “unit” for points is 0.125%

Usually they quote $x per point.

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1/8th of a point is .125%. So this means if they are offering a rate buy down, you pay (for example) 2 points for a .25% rate reduction. The 2 points (.25% of the principle) is paid at closing to get a lower mortgage rate for the life of the mortgage.

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Ugh. What I said isn’t right. 2 points isn’t .25% of the principle. That’s would be .25 points.

A point is 1% of the loan amount. So if you have a $500k loan, one point costs you $5k. So “X% interest rate at ⅛ of a point” means you pay .125% of the loan amount extra to get that reduced interest rate. In the example of a $500k loan, you’ll pay $625 extra (⅛ of $5k) in closing costs.

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