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6. How can floors be used by fixed rate borrowers?

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By buying a floor to offset the adverse floor embedded in the fixed rate loan, the borrower effectively transforms the fixed rate loan into a capped loan.

With a capped loan, the borrower pays the floating rate or the cap rate, whichever is the cheaper on each applicable interest payment date.

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