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What does re-mortgaging a house mean?
Hi I’m just trying to learn personal financing since I’m turning 19 this year and it won’t be too long before I might have to buy a house of my own. I know what a mortgage is but I have no idea how a RE-mortgage works.
Thanks.
Re-mortgage means that:
- you have credit at “Bank A” and you use the money to buy your house.
- some years later, “Bank B” gives you a better offer. You’d pay lower rates for the same amount of credit there.
- you get credit from “Bank B”
- you use the credit money to pay your debts at “Bank A”
- now “Bank B” is your houses financier.
It generally means you are either renegotiating the terms of your mortgage or starting a new loan with new bank. You would do this because rates have dropped, or because you need money and and are taking a bigger loan against the house. There really is no difference in the mortgage itself other than the terms (amount, rate & duration). There is nothing different in how it is calculated.
We remortgaged our house ten years ago. We were 11 years into a 30 year mortgage with a fairly high rate. We were able to get a new mortgage that gave us $30,000 more than we owed (we used it for a home remodel), got a much lower rate, and only for 15 years. In the end our monthly payment was almost the same because of the lower rate. I only have 5 more years and I own the house outright! 4 years ahead of my original mortgage.
O.O sounds like your old mortgage had a really high interest rate.
Yeah it was pretty high. I don’t remember exactly, but it was over 10%. Now I am under 6%. I could refinance again and get a lower rate, but I wouldn’t gain anything now because I am so far into my current mortgage, and most of the interest has been paid already.
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