It started off simply enough. I had been updating site by hand to keep mortgage rates up to date. So I wanted to create a widget that would automatically update my website with current mortgage rates. Sounds easy enough right? But once I got started I just kept going. As long as I was putting in 30 year mortgages why not put in 15 year and 5 year and 1 year arms. I mean as long as I was doing it.
Then I discovered I could graph rates. How cool was that!
Not very cool according to my wife. And every new instance of "oh look at this" was meeted with "I thought you were finished with that last weekend". Anyway once I discovered I could graph rates why not create a tool so I could look at
historical mortgage rates then I could look at rates back until the 1970's. Sweet. I mean it wouldn't take that much longer? Right? Ok well maybe it did take that much longer. But it was kind of cool. And then as long as I had a tool why not put in toggles so you could look at mortgage rates over the last few years but you could also switch the graph to see what the mortgage would be on a 200k loan for the last few years. I mean thats kind of interesting?
About this time I had realized this was all getting kind of ridiculous. And my wife was kind of doing ok considering I was ignoring her for a mortgage rate graph but I wash kind of pushing my luck.
So anyway now I have a little widget on my homepage that automatically updates each week with current mortgage rates. So in the spirit of AR, which is sharing our ideas, this is my contribution. If any Active Rain members want a widget on their website with updated mortgage rates I wrote a page here
Mortgage interest rates that gives details on how to install it on your site.
Ki is an Austin realtor. He helps buyers interested in
Austin real estate and writes little widgets.
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Yes, Yes an obsession with a project. Kind of like how we all get when we first start Activerain. But, I must say very cool. And, I think it is great you are willing to share. Thank You! Now, take the wife to a retreat for the weekend . . . time to makeup.