Payday Loan Fairy

I’m looking for a better home loan mortgage rate than I currently have with my bank. So I am seriously considering refinancing. Does anyone know where I can currently check for the lowest refinance home mortgage rates?

You can actually get a better mortgage rate – without refinancing. There is a website which allows you to check for free if there is a better rate available with your current lender.

You can avoid the costs and all the paperwork and hassle associated with refinancing. Your bank won’t tell you that there is a better rate available with them, but there usually is.

Check for a lower rate here free:

http://www.checkmyrate.com.au

2008-02-10 21:34:06 by TJR

i just refinanced my home the original value was 45k and i had it paid down to 35k. when i refinanced it brought the value i need to pay back up to 51k. i have a adjustable rate now that will kick in may of 09 my percent is 12.750 i think. i pay 500 a month now for the mortgage and 720 total with all the taxes and stuff. i dont have a penalty for paying the loan of early so i want to pay it off in the next five years but with the arm my percent can go as high as 18.750. i dont want the bank to take my house from me because of the mistake i made by refinancing in the first place. so is it possible to refinance into a fixed rate and still keep the loan at 50k and still pay it of early with out any penalty. this is my first post so plz any and all help is great

Whether or not you personally can do any kind of refinance depends on your credit, income, and the value of the home.

If you're asking if no or low closing cost mortgages exist? Absolutely. Typically the rates are a little bit higher, but honestly your rate is really high right now, it should still be significantly cheaper than 12.75 even with the bank paying the closing costs.
By the way check your Adjustable Rate Rider from your original mortgage. Odds are there are caps on how much and how often your rate will adjust. If you're paying this loan off in the next few years it may not even be possible for it to adjust up to 18.75 that quickly.

2007-09-05 15:08:30 by Andrew W

I have 24 years left on 30 year mortgage. I am thinking about a home equity loan at a favorable rate, rather than roll in to refinance consolidation. If rates are favorable later this year i may like to refinance 1st mortgage at 15 years. Will home equity loan affect my refinancing even if i am not looking for any cash out.

Right now rates are LOW, I would just refi instead of the HELOC that might cost you 7% on up. Why pay for 2 transactions.

2008-01-30 15:26:46 by michael o

A couple of years ago, my spouse and I doubled the size of our home which we had owned "free and clear." To do so, we took out a 20 year home equity loan for $250,000 at a rate of 5.85%. Since we already owned the home and this was technically not a mortgage, there was no downpayment on this loan. With rates coming down, do we have any hope of refinancing our home equity loan? Or, is refinancing basically restricted to mortgages? Thanks.

because the loan was secured by real estate it is technically a mortgage. If you do refinance you will be looking at a either a new conventional mortgage or a new home equity loan.

2009-01-23 14:25:49 by km

I need to get some home repairs done and have the option to refinance my mortgage at the same rate (6%) for 30yrs or go the Home Equity loan route with 7.85% for 15 years. Does anyone know if one option is better than the other in the long run?

If you could get 6% on a cash out refinance without PMI and minimal costs, the new first mortgage would give you a lower average cost of funds and monthly payments.

On the other hand, if you have to pay a couple thousand in closing costs on a new first, the low closing cost on the 2nd might be better. It may really come down to how much additional borrowing you would be doing at the higher rate vs. what the difference in closing costs is.

To do a proper analysis, I would need more information. I would suggest calling a couple banks and having them put together some good faith estimates. The analysis is not difficult so any competent loan officer should be able to help you with it. Watch out for pressure to refinance the first. If you are only borrowing a few thousand on the 2nd (home equity), you are probably going to be better off going that route, the the LO may try to steer you into a new first as they can't make any money on a little loan.

Good luck.

2008-09-16 08:38:12 by Bleaker

We have a 5/1 ARM with interest only mortgage currently. Got it at 5.25% 3 yrs ago. We have been making interst only payments so far with no payments towards the principal. But our home price has gone up by above 50k over the same period which I guess would count as equity. I expect my income to increase in the next few years substantially but as we get closer to the 5 yr mark, I am getting very nervous that our payments are going to get sky high and was looking at a 30 yr fixed rate loan at abt 5.8%. We plan to stay in this house for atleast another 3-4 yrs. Do you think it is wise to refinance at this point?

Honestly, no I don't. You have two years of security left at a rate that is currently pretty hard to find. If you are planning on being in your home only 3-4 more years, then find out what your adjustment cap is. All 5-year ARM's have an adjustment cap that limits what the loan can adjust to initially, and depending on what that is, you may find it in your best interest to ride it out until you decide to sell. You have to consider the cost to refinance versus the monthly savings you'll get by refinancing. So, let's say that you decide to stay in the home for three years. You're rate is fixed for the next two years, and depending on it's adjustment cap, let's say two percent, your rate would be fixed for the third year at 7.25%. Depending on the size of your loan amount, your payment may only increase by $100 a month. Let's say the cost to refinance is $2000, it would then take you 20 months to break even on your costs, and if you were only in the home for 12 more months it would not make sense to refinance.

If you would like further details, or if you would like me to take a look at it, email me directly, I would be more than happy to. Hope this helps.

2007-01-15 15:13:18 by madshop