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	<title>Financial Intelligence &#187; Refinance</title>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Drop Down Below 5%</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/10/29/mortgage-rates-drop-down-below-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last three weeks mortgage rates showed trend down and dropped below 5 percent. Zillow Mortgage Marketplace reported refinance requests from homeowners saw increasing up to 39% for the first half of October compare the first half of September which only made up 41% of refinance requests. Of course, low rates will causing many [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the last three weeks mortgage rates showed trend down and dropped below 5 percent. Zillow Mortgage Marketplace reported refinance requests from homeowners saw increasing up to 39% for the first half of October compare the first half of September which only made up 41% of <strong>refinance requests</strong>. Of course, low rates will causing many homeowners to consider refinancing their mortgage.</p>
<p>But wait, before you&#8217;re intrigued in trying to <strong>refinance your mortgage</strong>, make sure to shop around to find the best loan and the best lender based on your financial that will give you advantage of these low rates.  One thing that you must consider first, ask yourself and know the answer of common question i.e does <strong><a href="http://www.figence.com/2009/04/11/reasons-why-you-need-to-refinance-your-home-loan/">refinancing make sense for you</a></strong>? You can use a Break-Even Point graph analysis to answer when it all make sense for you. </p>
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<blockquote><p>Today’s average 30-year fixed mortgage rate of 4.9 percent is now 60 basis points lower than it was in June, when the 30-year fixed rate was 5.5 percent, the highest level this year. That means that on a $200,000 loan (assuming a home value of $250,000) the monthly prinicipal and interest payment would now be $1,064.42 versus $1,141.61 for the same loan in June, saving a borrower $27,788.40 over the life of a 30-year loan.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.zillow.com/blog/low-rates-cause-surge-in-refinance-requests-on-zillow-mortgage-marketplace/2009/10/27/" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
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		<title>Familiy Help Utility for First Time Home Buyers</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/10/03/familiy-help-utility-for-first-time-home-buyers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a mortaage research in UK that 55% of first-time home buyers get family help which make them more affordable to pay a mortgage since their first year buying. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported that lending for home buying has risen for the first time in over two years. The family assistance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to a mortaage research in UK that 55% of <strong>first-time home buyers</strong> get family help which make them more <a href="http://www.figence.com/2009/06/10/make-home-affordable-by-obamas-plan/">affordable to pay a mortgage</a> since their first year buying. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported that lending for home buying has risen for the first time in over two years. The family assistance allowed new buyers to pay £11,000 less than they did in early 2009 once they take <strong><a href="http://www.figence.com/tag/refinance/">re-mortgage</a></strong> from the bank or building society.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve secured your mortgage while you&#8217;re under 25-34 age category then based on average household incomes and CML average first-time buyer income of yours, it might cost you now £55,700 up from your own resources. But this is still over £11,000 less than at the beginning of the year.</p>
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<blockquote><p>Michael O’Flynn, director of Find A Property, said: “Despite some efforts by lenders recently to launch new products aimed at first-time buyers, stricter lending criteria still means that the average new buyer still has to save 1.74 times their gross, pre-tax income for a deposit, which is no mean feat.</p>
<p>“However, their parents often recognize that the market is beginning to offer good value to first-time buyers and this may be the time to take the plunge. Returns on savings in the banks remain extremely poor, so property purchase by their offspring could be a wise financial move.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.yourmortgage.co.uk/news/3626168" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
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		<title>Mortgage Marketplace is Going Better</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/08/02/mortgage-marketplace-is-going-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest msnbc.com reported that the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.25 percent this week and up from 5.2 percent last week it means going better what we got for last year at this time, 30-year mortgages averaged 6.52 percent. “Earlier this year, rates on 30-year mortgages fell to a record low [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latest msnbc.com reported that the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.25 percent this week and up from 5.2 percent last week it means going better what we got for last year at this time, 30-year mortgages averaged 6.52 percent. “Earlier this year, rates on 30-year mortgages fell to a record low of 4.78 percent, kick-starting refinancing activity. Last month, rates rose to nearly 5.6 percent after yields on long-term government debt, which are closely tied to mortgage rates, climbed”, the mnsbc.com said. Is that all quite enough to make refinance your mortgage?</p>
<p>If you feel struggle to make decision or not knowing when the best time you should <a href="http://www.figence.com/2009/04/11/reasons-why-you-need-to-refinance-your-home-loan/">refinance your mortgage</a>, there are two ways to capture those problems i.e. first time you should do the shopping for looking around how the rates are going on the market and take refinance by your own. Second if you really don’t know what you must consider to make a lower rate for your home and perhaps you don’t have much time for shopping around, the best way you can do is locate a mortgage refinance advisor.</p>
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<p>To find a reputable mortgage refinance advisor, otherwise in your area known as mortgage broker or mortgage loan officer is easy and you can search in the internet there are hundreds of mortgage officer could be found in your local area. Before you pick one which you would take its services, for getting the best deals you should <a href="http://www.figence.com/2009/05/13/check-refinance-mortgage-rates-first/">compare the rates</a> and price they offer for you and at least you have four advisors to consider.</p>
<blockquote><p>Think of it the same way you would go about purchasing a new car. Shop around, test drive a few by going to different dealerships. Once you have test driven a few cars and compared pricing, base your decision on the best and most reasonable deal.</p>
<p>Remember, the majority of mortgage refinance advisors are paid on commission, so it is just as important to them as it is to you to get to the closing table. Good luck.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7148582/ns/business-real_estate/" target="_blank">News</a> <a href="http://www.mastertipsdaily.com">More Tips</a></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Make Home Affordable&#8221; by Obama&#8217;s Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/06/10/make-home-affordable-by-obamas-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Make Home Affordable&#8221; that is Obama’s quote to bring American out off mortgages crisis. The quote revealed by President Obama with announced the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan in early this year. The plan allows the lender has responsible to cut down interest rates so affordable for homeowners who has an unpaid owner/occupied mortgage balance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Make Home Affordable&#8221; that is Obama’s quote to bring American out off mortgages crisis. The quote revealed by President Obama with announced the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan in early this year. The plan allows the lender has responsible to cut down interest rates so affordable for homeowners who has an unpaid owner/occupied mortgage balance that is less than or equal to $729,750 (for a single-family home).</p>
<p>The plan is eligible for a borrower to reduce his or her amount struggling homeowners monthly payment to sustainable levels.  For you who have eligible could make mortgage modification plan with your lender to change the terms of your mortgage loan to make it affordable. The modification plan could be varies by lender, but under Obama&#8217;s plan, mortgage modification will be standardized by Fannie and Freddie Mac’s uniform loan modification guidelines and will be implemented throughout the entire mortgage industry.</p>
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<p>Not only borrowers who will have benefits by Obama’s plan but also the lenders have too. The lenders get many incentives such as receive an up-front fee for each eligible modification established, Incentives to Help Borrowers Stay Current as long as for three or five years, and many others in Reaching Borrowers Early.  The point is their money in a reworked again.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>To qualify</strong>, you must:</p>
<li>Have originated your mortgage before Jan. 1, 2009.</li>
<li>Be an owner-occupant.</li>
<li>Have an unpaid balance that is equal to or less than $729,750 (for a single-family home).</li>
<li>Have trouble paying your mortgage due to financial hardship. That could be because you have had an increase in your mortgage payments, or because your income was reduced or you suffered a hardship (like medical problems) that increased your bills, or, you can show that you soon will be unable to make your payments. You will be required to enter an affidavit of financial hardship.</li>
<li>Your monthly mortgage payment must also be more than 31% of your gross (pre-tax) monthly income.</li>
<p>According to the Department of Treasury: Anyone with high combined mortgage debt compared to income or who is underwater (i.e., has a combined mortgage balance higher than the current market value of his house) may be eligible for a loan modification. This initiative will also include borrowers who show other indications of being at risk of default. New borrowers will be accepted until Dec. 31, 2012.</p>
<p>Speculators or those who bought homes for investment purposes &#8212; are not eligible. All homes must be owner/occupied. Also, if you cannot afford the home due to job loss or a complete inability to pay, you will not be eligible. Also, mortgages with amounts above the conforming loan limits would not be eligible.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.zillow.com/loan-modification/" target="blank">Read</a></p>
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		<title>Check Refinance Mortgage Rates First</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/05/13/check-refinance-mortgage-rates-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have good fund for used to the monthly house payment that you make. But if any option that would give you lower payment, I’m sure you will take it, right? Refinancing your home mortgage is a great way to lower the house payment that would save your money. Also you have the chance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may have good fund for used to the monthly house payment that you make. But if any option that would give you lower payment, I’m sure you will take it, right? Refinancing your home mortgage is a great way to lower the house payment that would save your money. Also you have the chance to replace an older secure loan with a new loan secured by the same assets.</p>
<p>When you refinance your home mortgage mean you are replacing your current loan with a new loan from another or the same lender. Refinancing could mean switching banks or other lenders, or you may even be able to take a new deal from your current lender. The refinancing process is similar to what people go through with your original mortgage loan.</p>
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<p>The important thing that you need to know when the right time to refinance is how the long term consequences versus the short term. Having lower payment does not always give you the best deal. In most cases, refinancing will make your monthly mortgage payment lower while you ought to pay more interest in the long run over the life of the loan. So, before you moving to refinance you need to look around and see if there are deals out there better than your own. Try out an online refinance calculator or refinancing calculator. Check the current <a href="http://www.ehomemortgages.com/">refinance mortgage rates</a> out there are lower than what you are paying now.</p>
<p>Check the interest rates in each and every mortgage plan you look around. Ask for comparables. eHomeMortgages provides borrowers with the most current mortgage calculators, interest rates, news, resources and information online.</p>
<p>Beside you do the shopping around for a refinance on yourself, there is actually another way that you allow to go about refinancing your home <a href="http://www.ehomemortgages.com/">mortgages</a>. That way is locate your refinance to a mortgage refinance advisor. Make sure you find the better advisor while the most of mortgage refinance advisors are paid on commission, so it’s all under your control to get to the closing table.</p>
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		<title>Auto Refinance to Save Your Money</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/04/17/auto-refinance-to-save-your-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saving thousands of dollars on your car loan is possible when you refinance your car loan to a different lender that has a lower APR for paying off your current car loan. Your monthly car loan payments will lower with interest rate down which can allow you to pay off the balance of your car [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saving thousands of dollars on your car loan is possible when you refinance your car loan to a different lender that has a lower APR for paying off your current car loan. Your monthly car loan payments will lower with interest rate down which can allow you to pay off the balance of your car loan quickly.</p>
<p>For anyone who did not have a 0% to 3% APR car loan from the auto lender should take a car loan refinance. And you should take this as earlier as possible because the interest is mostly paid in the earlier payments. You&#8217;ll save more money if you refinance your car loan during the first couple of months of a car loan than wait until the late year. </p>
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<p>It&#8217;s important for you to watch the auto refinancing interest rates at sites after you buy your car and use the calculators on these car refinance lender sites to see how much it saves you to refinance your car.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Tips to ensure a speedy auto refinance loan approval</strong><br />
Pay close attention to these important points, because you would hate to get rejected for making a stupid clerical error.</p>
<p>    * Auto refinance loan applications need to be in the same names (with exact spelling) as the names on your current auto loan. This is important because that is how your current auto loan is identified and found. Have your car loan account number ready. If you give them a name with a different spelling, they cannot find your current loan, and you get rejected. Sounds like a no brainer, but&#8230;</p>
<p>    * You must refinance more than $7500. Any less and it&#8217;s not worth the auto refinance company&#8217;s time.</p>
<p>    * It&#8217;s also important to have all the vehicle information accurate so that Up2Drive and myAutoloan.com can price out the car to make sure it meets Loan to Value ratio guidelines. Enter the year and model and enter the 17 digit VIN (Vehicle Identification Number), found on your dashboard or registration.</p>
<p>    * Your auto refinance loan amount should not be higher than the value of the car. Just like home refinancing, where the bank won&#8217;t lend you more than the value of the house. You might want to check your values first to make sure your car has retained a reasonable amount of value relative to the amount you still owe on it.
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		<title>Reasons Why You Need to Refinance Your Home Loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How is your mortgage loan? What plan did you choose for your mortgage loan? Are you in an adjustable rate mortgage or a fixed-rate mortgage? Generally, most of you want to get better such as to lower your interest rate and/or monthly payment.
It&#8217;s a good idea to get the lowest fixed rate possible, but you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How is your mortgage loan? What plan did you choose for your mortgage loan? Are you in an adjustable rate mortgage or a fixed-rate mortgage? Generally, most of you want to get better such as to lower your interest rate and/or monthly payment.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a good idea to get the lowest fixed rate possible, but you also have to consider your situation and what your financial goals are. Sometimes it makes best deals to refinance from adjustable to fixed. Sometimes it does not. It&#8217;s important to know what mortgage rates are rising or falling? If you have an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), it may adjust to a rate that&#8217;s higher than a fixed-rate mortgage. Now might be a good time to consider refinancing to a fixed-rate loan.</p>
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<p>There are three option to get lower your monthly mortgage payment. <strong>First</strong>, you can simply <a href="http://www.figence.com/2008/12/17/refinancing-your-mortgages-now/">refinance</a> to a lower interest rate. It&#8217;s automatically a lower rate becomes a lower monthly payment.</p>
<p><strong>Second</strong>, you can change the term of your mortgage. For instance, if you have a 15-year mortgage, you can lengthen the term to 30 years, it will lower your payments automatically since the balance of your mortgage is spread out. And if you have a 30-year mortgage, you can shorten your term to 20 or even 15 years to save your thousands of dollars in the long run to cut off you pay the interest. </p>
<p><strong>The third option</strong> to lower your payment is to refinance to an interest-only loan. You&#8217;ll pay the amount of interest as much principal as you like. You also get the flexibility to pay less if you need or want to divert to contribute for your 401k or saving for your child&#8217;s college tuition.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t refinance, you may be lost your dollars to save in every month for your loan, and that&#8217;s not good for your financial move. But you also need to answer these questions below to make sense your refinance.</p>
<blockquote><p>Some questions:</p>
<p>    * How long do you expect to be in your home?<br />
    * How much equity do you have in your home?<br />
    * Are you willing to pay points to get a lower rate?<br />
    * Will having lower payments more than make up for the closing costs , fees and points if any?
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