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- From: heflin@rtsg.mot.com (Suzanne Stratton Heflin)
- Subject: Re: refinancing a house
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:53:26 GMT
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- mehrpuya@rtsg.mot.com (Djamschid Mehrpuyan) writes:
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- >I want to refinance my house. I have a 7 year mortgage at an interest
- >rate of 9.0%. I have been living in my house for 2 years now. I
- >have been looking at the weekend tribune in Chicago and noticed that
- >7 year mortgages go as low as 7.0%. Is it worth refinancing from a 9.0%
- >to a 7.0% or even 7.5% mortgage ? In the tribune they list the number of
- >points you have to pay and also the Lock fee and fees/caps. Do you have
- >to pay all of these when refinancing ? What is the Lock fee and the
- >fees/caps ? Is there a special formula that I can use to calculate the
- >new mortgage given the input values (points, Lock fee, Fees/caps) ?
- >Some of the banks have listed as fees/caps readings such as follows:
-
- I would keep in mind how many points you have to pay to get the 7.0%
- If you have to pay 3 points, it might not be worth it, although at the
- 7.0 I would say it is. 7.5, I don't know. Yes, you definitely pay all
- of the points and fees when refinancing. As a matter of fact, you usually
- pay a bit more when refinancing because you pay more to the title company.
- When you buy a house, the seller has to pay for a title search, and you
- pay for title insurance. When you refinance, you pay for both of these.
- Lock fee is unfortunate...I would look for one that gives 60 day lock with
- no fee. When they show Fees/cap, that only refers to the application
- fee, not all the other fees they may tack on such as document preparation
- fee, appraisal fee, tax fee, underwriting fee, ad nauseum. Not all lenders
- charge all these fees, so BE SURE TO ASK! The cap portion of that only
- refers to the yearly and lifetime caps of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage that
- can change every year.
-
- > Buydown
- > +2/1/0 Buydown
- > +Jumbo
- > $320+
-
- >What do these values mean.
-
- I still don't know what Buydown, or +2/1/0 buydown mean. I do know that
- you can "buy down" a particular rate by paying more points up front. For
- example, I can get a 30 yr. fixed at 8 1/8 with 3 points. I can "buy it
- down" so that for each 5/8 of a point I am willing to pay, they will reduce
- the interest rate 1/8%, e.g. I can get 7 5/8 if I pay 5.5 points.
- A jumbo loan refers to a jumbo (large) loan....I think it approx. $202,000
- or more. The $320+....well, $320 is somewhat typical for an application
- fee (normally from 250 - 350). I don't know what the + means; that should
- be a set cost.
-
-
- >I would greatly appreciate any suggestions/advices on refinancing a house.
-
- >Thanks
-
- > -DJ
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-