10/10/2026
There are a lot of people out there making a blanket statement that a temporary rate buy down is bad. Which in my opinion is a pretty irresponsible comment..
There are a lot of situations where the temporary rate buy down is the best way to use funds available from interested party concessions…
A lot of the times I’ve noticed that people who are bashing the two one buy down are simply lenders who can’t even offer the product.. so of course it’s bad!
Now, it does need to be used responsibly. This is not a short-term Band-Aid for somebody, hoping or needing to refinance to a lower payment and thinking that they will have that opportunity within the next two years.
this is for the person who absolutely knows their income will be going up. It is someone who has extra seller concessions with nothing else to do with them that they’ve negotiated. This is for someone who knows that they will be selling their house within 2 to 3 years.
there are a lot of situations where this is the best use of the funds.
Have any questions drop me a DM… Or feel free to argue in the comments, I don’t care.