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Refinance question

Posted on 12/18/12 at 7:33 pm
Posted by TigerV
Member since Feb 2007
2505 posts
Posted on 12/18/12 at 7:33 pm
Was quoted 3.5% today for a 30 yr refi. Should I lock this in, or do the money board loan guys think it will drop back to 3.37%. No points
Posted by I Love Bama
Alabama
Member since Nov 2007
37705 posts
Posted on 12/18/12 at 7:41 pm to
Obama stacked
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75185 posts
Posted on 12/18/12 at 8:32 pm to
Doesn't mortgage insurance go up when you refi? I know the mortgage rate itself is lower but the insurance is higher, no?

Posted by TigerV
Member since Feb 2007
2505 posts
Posted on 12/18/12 at 8:51 pm to
I Love Bama: wtf?

Paul: no mortgage insurance, not an issue.
Posted by I Love Bama
Alabama
Member since Nov 2007
37705 posts
Posted on 12/18/12 at 9:31 pm to
Weird. I responded in a different thread and it went here. My b. My b
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
17474 posts
Posted on 12/19/12 at 7:39 am to
Just guessing (because we don't know your financed amount), but the difference in monthly payment between the two rates is negligible; maybe 3 bucks? Take a sure thing. IMHO
Posted by Sigma
Fairhope, AL
Member since Dec 2005
3643 posts
Posted on 12/19/12 at 7:48 am to
Posted by CoolHand
Member since Dec 2011
2083 posts
Posted on 12/19/12 at 9:16 am to
quote:

Just guessing (because we don't know your financed amount), but the difference in monthly payment between the two rates is negligible; maybe 3 bucks? Take a sure thing. IMHO


Also, every month you wait you are eating into whatever you'd save on the rate possibly lowering. I'd pull the trigger.
Posted by TigerV
Member since Feb 2007
2505 posts
Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:11 pm to
took a little while, but the economic guys showed up. CoolHand, this was a thought that I have been thinking about this week. It is interesting that an article came out today showing that there is a 14% drop in mortgage applications this week with the rise in interest rates. I wonder how much this has to do with the upcoming Christmas vacations that have already started. Also, I think that I will be saving about $50/month if the interest rate is lower. I'll probablty lock in today or tomorrow.
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
17474 posts
Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

Also, I think that I will be saving about $50/month if the interest rate is lower


600k + loan? Then the answer is yes.

Lower financed amount, and the monthly savings is below your $50.
Posted by Ghostfacedistiller
BR
Member since Jun 2008
17500 posts
Posted on 12/19/12 at 3:18 pm to
I need to pull the damn trigger on this refi. Where do you guys go with no closing costs?

I'm not sure why, but it's hard to trust non-traditional lenders like the big banks.

Any tips? This s should be its own thread.
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