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Steps to Refinancing Your Mortgage

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Summary: In order to refinance a mortgage, it's important to shop for rates at different banks, as well as to turn an adjustable rate into a fixed rate. Learn about reducing mortgage terms with help from a financial services manager in this free video on refinancing a mortgage.

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Matthew McKillen brings 21 years of industry experience in arranging loans for his clients. He has worked in financial services senior management positions in mortgage banking...read more

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"Hi, this is Matt McKillen with Innovative Financial Group. I wanted to share some tips with you today about refinancing your home mortgage. Tip number one being, you really need to shop for rate, there's a lot of banks out there that are looking for your business and it's amazing how rates can vary from one bank to the next. So you really do need to inquire around and find the best program. Another tip would be to, you know, if you're on an adjustable rate loan, you want to try and get back to fixed rate. The fixed rates right now are the laws that have been in forty years. It doesn't make any sense or whatsoever for anyone to be on an adjustable rate loan when fixed rates are as low as they are. Another tip to look for is to avoid loans that have pre-payment penalties. There are some lending programs for example on a fixed rate that if you pay your loan off within the first five years, so let's say you have a job change or you need to sell your home, they'll actually penalize you with six months interest charge if you pay your loan off within the first sixty months. So that's another tip I'd like to share with you. And the last tip being, is that always try and cut the term of your mortgage. If you're on a thirty year loan with only twenty years left, it doesn't make sense to go back to a thirty year term again. You really should look either, try and match what's left on the loan in twenty years or better yet, even look to try to reduce your term to fifteen years. The difference in the interest rate between a thirty year fixed rate and a fifteen years fixed rate might be as much as three quarters of the percent. Either way these are some great tips for you to use when you refinance your mortgage and I'm Matt McKillen with Innovative Financial Group."

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