The growing take up of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) does not look like a long-term threat to the stability of the housing market. Even after recent gains, the size of the ARM market is small. And the majority of new ARMs have initial fixed-rate periods that are long enough to allow a reasonable amount of capital to be repaid before the rate starts to float.
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