If you’ve been paying off your home for a while, you may be interested in refinancing your mortgage. Mortgage refinancing gives homeowners the opportunity to tap into the equity they’ve built up and use it in a way to positively change loan conditions or invest back into the property itself.
When you replace your old home loan by paying it off with a new one, you refinance your mortgage. Benefits include switching insurance rates (Example: from an adjustable rate to a fixed rate), shorten the term of the loan or even decrease the loan interest rate.
In addition to home improvements, with cash out refinance, you can turn your built-up equity into cash.
Speaking with your mortgage lender, you can check how much equity you’ve built up on your home. This amount is made of the money you’ve paid back towards the balance of the property.
For example, if the value of your home is $400,000, and you owe $300,000, you would have $100,000 of equity.
Once you’re ready for a mortgage refinance, you’ll need to gather documents to apply. These documents include, but are not limited to:
Once all needed signatures and loan conditions are met, you’re given a cooling-off period of 3 days to retract your mortgage refinance request. In this case, you would just continue making your normal monthly payments on your original mortgage.
Refinancing your mortgage is a huge step, so consider taking your time to weigh out the pros and cons.
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