December 10th, 2010 10:54 PM by Eric Fang
We are patiently waiting for the perfect "timing" for the rate drops. A little bit different from previous jumps, since the rate went up about 0.75% for the past 30 days, the rate can have a big drop in the future when the bond traders "love" bonds again.
Usually my strategy is to float the loan at the current level. My reason is very simple: we will only lock if we strongly believe that the current rate is at the bottom and the future rates will go higher.
If we take a look at the 10 yr bond chart of Nov 2009 to June 2010. It took about 6 months to have the rates back to lower. I think a lot of people will be happy IF it goes back to previous low level.