Labels:bulletin board | crt screen | earth | monitor | plant | reckoner | sidewalk | sky OCR: Bad times bring on good deals 12% 30-vear fixed rate 105 ARM 6% '86 '87 188 89 190 9 Whata time to borrow! As the chart above shows, the national average rate on 30- year fixed loans was - .52% as March began. the lowest level since 1987 and before that, 1978. And adjustable mort tgages introduced in 1984 boast t the hest trates ever: currenthy, thei first year national laverage On annually adjusted ARMs is only 7.43%. ixed