Looking at refinancing - should I?
Looking at refinancing - should I?
I have a home mortgage of 47,000 at 6.1 for 30 years 20 years left.. I have a home equity loan that was for 30 years that has 17,000 left. I pay 392.00 on the first mortgage and only have to pay 77 per month on the equity loan. I have been over paying on principal on the equity loan for a total of $300.00. I talked to a lender who suggested combining the loans and refinancing for 10 years, but the payments are a little too high. Should I bother refinancing at all? It seems that if I keep going I will have the equity loan paid of in 5 years. Which way to go?
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Run the numbers and see what makes sense - 20 years is a long time if you are paying the minimums if you are adding to it you can knock off the balance quicker
Since it is a smaller loan size it may make more sense to just hold out - the cost to refi may make it a waste of time and energy
Brian Barnes
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Nationwide Mortgage lender