So, the bank Rates are at 0 % this is what they can borrow from the central banks, treasury note etc. (most of the time older people in the least risk areas invest here) are at 0% so your home loan should be less than 2.5 % now. With waiting 2 weeks they have had an influx of people calling to refinance because we haven't seen the downturn of the economy yet. Since we were having a good stock market run and rates were still low compared to prior decades, it is a weird situation. We have ran out of Fed stimulus and now we are turning to giving everyone $1000. So everything is on hold to see if the Feds raise rates up from 0-.25%. In my opinion I think the stimulus packages is very stupid, if you want to stimulate the economy I think there is a better way. Anyone 58 or older that wants to retire should be giving their 401K as of Feb 12( the DOW HIGH) and social security early and be able to retire within the new month or 2. This would have a far larger impact than giving everyone money