Looking to Refinance? Don't Forget About Closing Costs MainStreet
The problem is that while mortgage rates have plummeted, closing costs like title insurance, transfer taxes, appraisals and application fees have stayed about the same, typically at a little over 2% of the loan amount. If the refinancing reduces the payment by only a small amount, it will take longer for those savings to offset the closing costs.
Imagine a borrower refinancing a $300,000 loan taken out in the fall of 2008, when 30-year mortgages charged about 7%. Today the borrower could refinance the balance of the loan, about $290,000, with a new 30-year loan at 4% interest. By saving about $600 a month, the borrower could offset $6,600 in closing costs in a mere 11 months, according to the BankingMyWay Refinance Breakeven Calculator .
But suppose the original loan had been taken out only a year ago, at a rate of 5%. Refinancing to 4% would save about $200 a month, and it would then take 34 months to break even.
All that’s fairly intuitive, and the longer break-even time is no problem if you plan to stay in the home for at least 34 months. But refinancing clearly would not pay if a new job, a baby, marriage or some other unexpected event forced a move during the next three years. If you were forced to relocate, you might wish you still had those thousands of dollars you spent on closing costs.
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Car loan refinance calculator?
Any one know where to get one.
You might be better off asking this question in the motoring questions, hope you find out, good luck.
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If you think your lender is charging a higher interest rate on your car loans then you can look at the refinance car loans option. With the help of a refinance car loan, you can avail multiple benefits. Firstly, you may reduce-->your monthly costs. Secondly, you may avail a competitive interest rate. Thirdly, you could be getting a flexible repayment period. Overall, you will be managing your loan a lot better.
What is the Best Mortgage Calculator for Home Equity Loans and Home Refinancing?
I am searching for the best mortgage calculators. Interest Only calculators and simple home mortgage calculators and loan calculators. I used the ones at http://www.1mortgagecalculator.net/index2.php and they seem pretty good. Just looking for comparisons.
You may want to download free OpenOffice, which includes spreadsheet totally compatible with Microsoft Excel.
http://www.openoffice.org/ (version for Windows and version for Linux both are available to download).
There is a plenty of formulas and even macros suitable for any needs. Some macro could be downloaded from web sites of sharks.
The best solution could be also to not taking any loan at all. Saving account with 4.5% per annum, monthly payments and compound interest is your friend!!! In this way, bank gonna pay you, not vice versa. You cannot get loan with 4.5% interest, right?
So, it can get you your home in not so long time and sets you free. Your heart will be filled with joy and your kids will be grateful to you for not having any debts and financial obligations.
Also you can check the yahoo directory at http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Real_Estate/Financing/Mortgage_Resources/Calculators/?o=a
Should I refinance my house in this situation?
We bought the house a year ago and the APR is currently 6.75 (30 year, fixed). We owe around $172000 (not counting the home equity line, 21K). I was just looking at Quicken loans and saw tone of ways to save money using their calculator. Stuff like "Smart Choice 5-year" and ARMs. Should I bite?
We won't be in the house more than 5 years from now.
The house is worth about $220k and there shouldn't be a problem reselling. It's in a good, new area.
Stay away from the arm! That is why we are having this bog forclosure crises. The arm sounds great but this is no gurantee that you will for sure be out of your home.
My husbadn and I got lucky for the first time in our lives and we purchased a home on a 30 year mortgage at 5%. MOST of the people in out neighborhood did 1 year and five year arms because they were in the 3-4% range at the time and now they are regretting it big time. I live in Raleigh NC and we supposedly have the best real estate market at the moment, yet this houses have been sitting on the market for 1 year plus. There are tons of houses in my neighborhood for sale b/c the rate went sky high on them and they cant afford. Three homes have been forclosed.
In the end it is your descion, but I would steer clear.
Good Luck Robert!
If you don't have to refi, don't! Stay where you are at.
BTW, don't think about short sale or foreclosure is an option. It's not an option to homeowner and you never want to go through one in your life.
1. Sell the sizzle not the steak is what a lot of sales agent try to do and in mortgages the rate is the sizzle and the monthly payment is the steak. You should focus on how much it is going to cost you to refinance your mortgage then you should compare how much you will be saving monthly. If you get a descent return on your investment (which is the cost of refinance then go ahead and do it IF and only IF you are willing to take the on the risk factor.) Just to give you an idea..if you currently have a 6.75% int rate and are being offered a 5.5 5yr ARM ( not a bad rate in the current market it will prob be higher than that) then the difference in monthly payments would be $111.19. That is a total of $1,134.28, $6,671.40 in 5yrs. I dont know much about your particular scenario to calculate total closing costs but they should roughly be around $5,500 in order to get a rate like 5.5. If that is the case you have refinance to save approximatley $1,100 if you sell in 5 yrs. It would make more sense to refinance if the 5.5 were a fix 30yr program and you were going to stay for much longer. You would also have to consider the amount of int you would be saving during the 5yrs on the $111.19 a month but it is not going to be significant during the first 5yrs.
2. Consider the risk factor...There is NEVER a guarantee that market conditions in any are of real estate will stay stable or net a profit. It is all specualtion and one can only guess. Besides that who knows what your financial condition will be in 5yrs. There is obviously a level of risk and you would have to consider if it makes sense to risk it all to save $1,100 in 5yrs. If you get in to this 5yr arm and decide not to sell or cant sell you could potentially loose your home or loose a lot i mean a lot more money than $1,100.
Hope this helps...good luck!
Check out Loan-Com. info and do a search for refinance loans. They have dozens of loan programs available at reasonable rates and affordable terms.
Real cost of mortgage loan calculator?
My parents are considering refinancing to a fixed rate mortgate. I need software that can take in the following info: quoted rate, initial fees including mortgate points, loan amount, loan period, tax deductions on mortgate interest. The software needs to output the following. Total payments minus tax break plotted against time.
If there is no such software, a webpage with step by step instructions to do the calculation would be helpful.
Look for an amortization table calculator. That will give you the run down on payments/interest. The tax amount is the interest paid.
Typically though, the amount of interest paid on the loan will be equal to, if not greater than, the original amount of the loan. Add the closing costs to it as well and that is the total cost of the loan.
Ex: a $120k note financed at 6% over 30 years would have a P/I payment of 719.49. Total interest paid over 30 years, $139k.
Figure closing costs of 6k. Total cost for a 120k loan is $145k.
If you make $1k/mo payments, loan will be paid off in about 15.3 years and only pay about $64k in interest. Total cost: $70k. Savings of $75k. That is money in their pocket, not money that is taken off at the end of the year (which would at the 35% bracket, only save about $25k in taxes spread out OVER the additional 15 years).
Note: I am not a tax person so that number is an estimate.
How much of a drop in interest rates is needed to make refinancing worth all the closing costs and fees?
We are currently at a 6.5% fixed 30year mortgage on 290,000. We are wondering if it is worth it to refinance to a 5.5% fixed 30 year mortgage. We've done the calculator on the mortgage websites and it shows a $200 a month savings but we have no idea what the closing costs would be.
There are other things to consider other than rate, that matter:
1. How long have you been in your existing mortgage? If you have had it for 5 years, why go back into another 30 yr mortgage?
2. How long do you plan on staying in your home? If less than 5 years, then take out a 5 yr ARM, possibly even interest-only, if any longer than 5 years, then a 30-yr fixed would be a great, since there is very little difference between a 7 yr ARM and a 30-yr fixed in today's market.
3. How much will it appraise for (based on recent sales in your area)?
4. Will you be liminating PMI, or assuming PMI if you refinance? Meaning, if you refinance for 290K plus costs, if you are over 80% of the value of your home, known as Loan-to-value, or LTV, you may have to pay PMI, which for 2008 is not tax deductible last time I checked, so you may want to find out if the bank offers a no PMI loan, and whether it benefits you, as mortgage interest is fully tax deductible (No PMI loans have slightly higher rates, as the PMI is financed into the rate, but the payment is generally lower as compared to a loan with PMI)
5. Are you taking any cash out to consolidate any debt, or for home improvements? If you are, then that's fine.
6. Closing and Settlement Costs - typically on the high side you would expect them to be about 4% of your loan amount, for a conventional loan. Some banks offer no-closing cost loans, but the rates are slightly higher than with a conventional mortgage. The costs though, would be rolled into the mortgage, therfore, you would need to recalculate your payment based off of the new balance. Does this make sense?
7. Refinancing your mortgage for the same amount, meaning you are taking no cash out, is worthwhile if you will recuperate the cost of doing it within 4 years of the refinance. Personally, I restrict that time frame to 2.5-3 years for my own choices.
But in the end, a drop in arte of .75% or more is generally a good reason to refinance. You may also want to ask about buying the rate down to a lower rate. Remember to use the rule of calculating how loang it will take you to recoup that cost to determine if it is worth it or not.
Also, ask about escrows - the bank may offer lower rates if you escrow your taxes and insurance. If not, then I would recommend not escrowing and putting the money into savings or a CD every month and earn the interest on it.
Hope this helps.
This is how I figure if it is worth it.
If the re-fi is going to cost you $4000.00 in cost and your savings is $200.00 a month then divide the cost by the savings.
Your answer will be 20. That means it will be 20 months or payments before you have recovered the the cost to re- finance. If you plan to keep the home for several years then you have a savings and it was worth it.
But lets say you decide to move in two years (24 months) you only saved $800.00
I would only do it if I plan to keep the home for several years. I hope this helped and not to confusing. I see some people re-fi and then sell 1 year later. They didn't gain anything.
Should I refinance a mortgage that I have been pre-paying?
I am trying to find out if refinancing a mortgage that I have been prepaying would make sense. The orginal mortage balance was 220,000 with 6% interest at 30 year amt. start date of 11/05. I have been making an additional principal payment since the beginning of the loan and currently have a balance of 206000. I am trying to find out if refinanceing at a lower rate and continuing to make my additional principal payment would make sense and at what interest rate should I refinance at? I have searched for calculator online but cant find one that fits my critera
Check out my website for calculators. I hope there is one on there that fits your criteria.
Get in touch with a Loan Officer or Broker and get some detailed numbers.
Good Luck, you're going in the right direction.
Today's 15 year rate is 4.82 and today's 30 year is 5.31
Mortgage Refinance?
I have a 1.25% negative am loan that i need to get out of, i currently owe 673,000.00 for both my first and my second, my question is can i get a loan that is not a negative am loan and have my payments at 2,500.00 including my taxes? Even if i have to get myself into an interest only loan for the first 3-5 years or so, by then my wife and i would be off better financially and can refinance into something fixed. My home is worth about 750,000 so i still have some equity in it and have had this negative am loan for about 2 1/2 years now. I was on lending tree and put my info in the mortgage calculator and it brought out different scenarios and one did have a payment of 2,400.00 is this realistic? i pay 8,000.00 in real estate taxes a year.
I realize i cannot get an interest only loan plus get my taxes paid for $2500.00 So can i get a payment of $2500 without the taxes? for 673,000?
If you really can't make the payments for a 5yr ARM Interest Only of about $3,365 + taxes and insurance. Then you'll need to sell the home and get into something affordable, or refinance into another Option ARM with a 5yr fixed margin, I think your currently Option ARM is rising at a monthly rate. If you really need more time before your credit is damaged, I think the best bet will be another Option ARM but with a FIXED MARGIN.
Hope this helps.
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Your best bet is to keep the negative am and hopefully the equity will outgrow your negative am.
With your existing loans totaling 673k refinanced into one new loan my calculations on an interest only program the mortgage payment would be more than 3k per month (not including the tax payment).
Suggestion, make sure you read any fine print on Lending Tree website. Also if you are seriously shopping to refinance your loan, do not allow everyone to run your credit. Having your credit ran by different Lenders and Mortgage Brokers may drive your fico score down which may reduce your chances to qualify to receive a good interest rate.
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Others here have said it's possible, but I'm not sure how.
I put your basic info into the Quicken Loans affordability calculator (I work for Quicken Loans) and the numbers just don't come close. Even with a perfect credit score, it's not possible.
I think Lending Tree's calculator results must have been a mistake of some sort.
Good luck with this and be careful who you work with on your refinance or you could find yourself in a worse situation than now. Make sure you can trust your mortgage professional to get you the best deal available that won't set you up for financial problems down the road.
mortgage refinance right for us?
I have a 1.30% negative am loan that i need to get out of, i currently owe 650,000.00 for both my first and my second, my question is can i get a loan that is not a negative am loan and have my payments at 2,450.00 including my taxes? Even if i have to get myself into an interest only loan for the first 3-5 years or so, by then my wife and i would be off better financially and can refinance into something fixed. My home is worth about 750,000 so i still have some equity in it and have had this negative am loan for about 2 1/2 years now. I was on lending tree and put my info in the mortgage calculator and it brought out different scenarios and one did have a payment of 2,450.00 is this realistic? i pay 8,200.00 in real estate taxes a year.
If you really can't make the payments for a 5yr ARM Interest Only of about $3,365 + net wages and toy. Then you'll need to sell the home and get into something affordable, or refinance into another Option ARM with a 5yr fixed margin, I credit your currently Option ARM is rising at a monthly rate. If you really need more time before say nothing credit is damaged, I think the winner bet will be another Option ARM but enamored a FIXED MARGIN..
Can someone explain a daily compounded mortgage to me?
I got a mortgage on 1/24/07. Bank said our first payment was due on 4/12. I have paid on time (early actually) every month and the first 2 months payments went entirely to interest. Every mortgage amortization calculator I've found says that SOMETHING should be applied to interest. When I called the bank (Wachovia), they said my interest is compounded daily.
Should I look to refinance somewhere else??
This explains how your interest rate works:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/periodic_interest_rate.asp
The more frequently your interest is calculated the more you will pay in interest for any given rate. Say you have a 10% mortgage for $1,000 (to make the maths easy). Your interest is $100 if you did the calculation, and paid, once a year. However if you did the calculation and paid every month, you would end up paying $1,104.70 over the year -- an effective annual interest rate of 10.47% You need to compare the effective annual interest rate (APR) when shopping for a new mortgage.
How do I calculate what my new payment would be if I refinanced my 30 yr mortgage?
Current rate is 6.375% fixed
Current Payment is $1,671.15 per month
Loan Amt: $242k
I have a BA-35 calculator, but can't remember how to use it.
What is the new rate?
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