[org.whodat]

Interest rates in the early seventies was 6 to 7.5% depending upon the amount of points you paid. They remained this way until Jimmy carter drove them to 12 and 14% are higher, with short term commercial money going as high as 23%.

[rb22982]

The article says from the "mid 70s" to 2001 so I assume 1975-2001. Basically from 8.5-18+%