You’ve heard that a mortgage refinance can be a beneficial step to take. Maybe you’re considering such a step. But what are the true benefits of a refinance? Let’s go over the three primary ways that a mortgage refinance can improve your financial situation.
1. Decrease your monthly payment. The amount of your monthly payment varies depending on your loan term length, the interest rate of the loan, the total loan amount, and other factors such as private mortgage insurance and expenses that have been rolled into the total loan amount. A refinance allows you to adjust many of these variables. If your interest rate is higher than the market’s current mortgage rates, you can refinance into a lower rate and decrease your monthly payment. This is one of the most common motivating factors behind a refinance.
2. Access home equity as cash. If you’ve built up equity in your home through consistent payments or through increased property values, a refinance allows you to withdraw some or all of this equity in the form of spendable cash. The amount you withdraw will affect the total loan balance remaining, but if you need access to money to pay for medical bills, college tuition, or other expenses, a refinance is a far better option than a standard bank loan or consumer credit.
3. Change the length of your loan term. Your original mortgage length may have been fifteen years, thirty years, or more. Either way, a refinance allows you to alter this length, and this can have a significant impact on your financial situation. Refinancing into a shorter term will increase your monthly payment amount but will save you money in the long run. Refinancing into a longer term, which is much more common, will have the opposite effect.
These are the three primary benefits of a mortgage refinance. Analyze your own financial needs and goals to determine the value that a refinance can offer you.
The Mortgage Man 
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