Interest Rate vs APR 

This is an area of massive confusion among borrowers. They are the same thing, right? Nope. The interest rate is the cost to borrow the money from the entity financing you. The APR is that cost plus all other fees such as origination costs, PMI and so on. The APR represents a more global picture of what you are paying out, but represented as a percentage. It should always be more than the interest rate.