Refinancing Home Loans
Refinancing home loans is much the same process as closing the loan the first time around, but in refinancing there is a major difference. This time the homeowner is more experienced and may know more about what he or she is looking for. For example, a homeowner who initially had an adjustable rate mortgage will refinance for a fixed rate mortgage. Or a homeowner with a an interest rate of 9% and a term of 30 years will refinance for a 5% rate and a 15 year term.
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Imperfect Credit
The federal government offers many programs for low income or those with blemished credit and special loans for those of you who are teachers or police officers. To find out more about these programs, visit the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s website at www.hud.gov, or the Veterans Administration at www.homeloans.va.gov.
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Home Construction Loans
Borrowers should be careful to ensure that the repayment period does not begin until after construction has finished, and also that the loan agreement covers the entire cost of materials, labor and land.
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Rates
There are generally two types of loans. A fixed loan or an adjustable loan. A fixed rate loan gives you the security a constant rate throughout the life of the loan. Since your rate will not change, your monthly payments will often remain the same during your repayment period. An adjustable rate mortgage rises in falls along with the fluctuate of certain rate indexes. As your loan repayment period goes on, your monthly payment will change as you interest rate changes. Generally an adjustable rate will change every one to five years. Because it is susceptible to change, an adjustable rate loan caries more risk and is usually used by borrowers with less than perfect credit and those planning to move between five and seven years. However, adjustable rate loans come with low introductory rates and rate caps. Depending on the activity of current interest rates, a person with an adjustable rate could actually save money.
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Mortgage Calc
Using a mortgage calc can also help you ensure that your loan terms will not cause negative amortization. Amortization is the schedule of repayment of your mortgage through monthly payments of principal and interest . Negative amortization occurs when the monthly payments set by the lender are not high enough to cover interest and principal. This causes the outstanding balance of the mortgage to increase instead of decrease as the repayment period goes on. Negative amortization can cause a homeowner to default on the loan, and though uncommon, all borrowers should be certain that set monthly payments are high enough to cover both the interest and principal of the loan.
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Mortgage Refiancing
It is also possible to refinance your home loan for a higher amount than the previous mortgage, leaving you with money left over. This is called cash-out refinancing. When cash-out refinancing the amount of money borrowed above what is owed in the first mortgage is borrowed against home equity. Home equity is the value of your house that remains after the current mortgage is subtracted from the current market value of the home. Lenders will often let homeowners borrow up 85% of this equity in addition to the amount of the original mortgage.
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Refinancing Your Home
Refinancing is much the same process as obtaining a first home loan. Credit and income both come into play when designing your new loan, and if either has diminished since your original loan, it may not pay to refinance.
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