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Refinancing a Home

• Should You Refinance Your Home Mortgage
• Home Equity Loans
• Home Equity Lines of Credit
• Simple Ways to Estimate Home Value
• All About Appraisals
• Refinancing with an FHA loan
• What You’ll Need: Documents, forms, funds, etc
• Pros and Cons of Cash-Out Refinancing

Calculators and Worksheets

• Consider Refinancing Your Mortgage (Calculator)
• Evaluating How a Home Equity Loan Could Work for You (Calculator)
• Consider Combining Your Mortgage and Home Equity Loan (Calculator)
• Does Your Adjustable Rate Mortgage Still Make Sense? (Calculator)

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• Home Equity Loans

Finance Tips

• Refinancing a Home - HARP 2.0 May Open the Doors for Borrowers Shut Out of HARP 1.0?
• Refinancing a Home - Can You Save Money by Switching to a Short-Term Loan?
• Refinancing a Home - Is It Too Soon to Pull the Refi Trigger?
• Refinancing a Home - The Elusive Low Rate Loan
• Refinancing a Home - Don’t Get Flattened by the Refi Stampede
• To Lock Your Rate or Not to Lock Your Rate – Either Way, Be Prepared
• When Is the Right Time to Refinance?
• Think Twice Before Adding an Office and Taking the Home Office Tax Deduction
• More Improvement Projects with a Big Payoff: Kitchens and Baths
• If You Can, Go With a Shorter Term
• Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates
• Cash In, Not Cash Out
• Don’t Forget to Review Homeowners Insurance
• Do You Have to Escrow?
• Refinance But Leave Your Payment the Same
• First Mortgage Plus Second Mortgage = No PMI
• What is Mortgage Recasting?
• HARP 2.0 May Open the Doors for Borrowers Shut Out of HARP 1.0?
• Can You Save Money by Switching to a Short-Term Loan?
• Is It Too Soon to Pull the Refi Trigger?
• The Elusive Low Rate Loan
• Don’t Get Flattened by the Refi Stampede
• To Lock Your Rate or Not to Lock Your Rate – Either Way, Be Prepared
• When Is the Right Time to Refinance?
• Think Twice Before Adding an Office and Taking the Home Office Tax Deduction
• More Improvement Projects with a Big Payoff: Kitchens and Baths
• If You Can, Go With a Shorter Term
• Improvement Projects with the Biggest Payoff
• Will Mortgage Interest Always Be Deductible?
• Improvement Projects with the Biggest Payoff
• Saving Without Refinancing
• Consider the PMI Impact
• Before You Get a Second Mortgage, Evaluate Your First Mortgage
• Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates