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1008 ET - The typical homebuyer would save $150 per month taking out an adjustable-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, according to Redfin. That's a 5.8% discount, the biggest ARM users have had since June 2022 in both dollar and percentage terms. That's because the average homebuyer using an ARM so far in March took on a 5.51% rate, while the average buyer taking out a fixed mortgage had a 6.19% rate. The ARM is 0.68 basis points lower, the biggest gap since June 2022. The typical monthly payment for a homebuyer using an ARM is $2,578, versus $2,727 for someone using a fixed rate. Mortgage rates are lower than they were a year ago, but rates for ARMs have declined more: Today's average rate for an ARM, 5.51%, while the average 30-year fixed rate is now 6.19%. (chris.wack@wsj.com)

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