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How to refinance your mortgage

by Nicki Barnett 04/13/2023

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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. 

What is mortgage refinancing?

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. 

Find out how much equity you have in your home

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. 

Prepare your documents and apply

Once you’re ready for a mortgage refinance, you’ll need to gather documents to apply. These documents include, but are not limited to: 

  • Tax statements. 
  • Salary info.
  • Copy of homeowners insurance policy. 
  • Etc. 

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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Born & raised in Northwest Indiana and currently reside in Valparaiso with my husband Mike, our son Hayden & dog Gadget. In addition to my passion for Real Estate, I also work alongside them helping to run our local family-built Plumbing/HVAC businesses.

We enjoy spending most of our free time together with family & friends at our Lake House in Monticello!

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