However, in the United States, the average rates of interest for fixed-rate home loans in the real estate market began in the tens and twenties in the 1980s and have (since 2004) reached about 6 per cent per annum. Nevertheless, gross borrowing costs are considerably higher than the nominal rate of interest and amounted for the last thirty years to 10.46 per cent.

A risk and administration fee totals up to 0.5 percent of the arrearage. In addition, an acquisition fee is charged which totals up to one percent of the principal. The mortgage market of the United States is a significant monetary sector. The federal government produced a number of programs, or federal government sponsored entities, to foster mortgage financing, building and construction and motivate house ownership.

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