• Your current mortgage is an adjustable rate mortgage (arm) and the interest rate you pay has been going up.
• When you can save money by refinancing at a lower interest rate.
Of course when you seek to refinance you will incur costs. These cost usually include points, closing costs and private mortgage insurance (PMI).
Points are fees that are prepaid. One point is equal to one percent of the total amount you are borrowing.
Your closing costs include a variety of fees from an appraisal fee, a title search fee and a recording fee to other fees that are tied into the processing and finalizing of your mortgage.
If the amount of the loan compared to the value of the property is greater than 80 percent of the appraised value of your property, your mortgage company will probably require you to take out private mortgage insurance. This fee will be built into your total mortgage payment each month.
After figuring out what your total refinance cost will be, you can determine how long it will take for your refinancing efforts to pay for itself. This is a simple equation. Just divide the total number of points and closing costs that you will pay by the net monthly savings the new mortgage loan will provide you. Your net monthly savings will be your interest savings minus any private mortgage insurance premiums.
Like any purchase, it is important to shop around for banks and mortgage brokers who can provide you with their offer and give you some choice as to who best to refinance with.
Through mortgage refinancing, some homeowners can save money in their monthly mortgage payment and get out of an adjustable rate mortgage into a fixed rate mortgage.
Written by Regina Rivard, Copyright 2008, All rights reserved.
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