Refinancing is a great idea if interest rates
fall anywhere below the current mortgage rate
.
In recent times it was believed that interest rates must fall 2 full percentage points below an existing loans current rate for refinancing to be a valid idea. This is not true. In fact, a drop of as little as 1/2% could save thousands of dollars.
A variety of loan terms, no-point rate options, and lower closing cost loans contribute
greatly in reducing the rate difference that is required to make refinancing possible.
Buying a home is something which most of us have done only once, and may be twice. This is why homebuyers
spend great amounts of time trying to build savings and investments to earn more.
However, it has been found that debt pay down is often overlooked because the benefit
of decreased debt payments often goes unrealized. Since a home mortgage is the largest
debt we have, it pays immensely to concentrate most on reducing that payment first.