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How Does Mortgage Refinance Reduce Interest?

One reason a borrower refinances a mortgage is to reduce interest.

This is achieved in one of two ways, depending if the borrower has an adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) or a fixed-rate mortgage.

Since ARMs can fluctuate, a borrower may want to refinance and convert to a fixed-rate loan if they detect or suspect an increase in current or future interest rates.

On the other hand, a fixed-rate borrower might refinance to get an ARM loan-especially if the rate of their original loan was or is going to remain higher than that of an ARM. A holder of a fixed-rate mortgage could also refinance to secure a lower interest rate.

It's possible that your first mortgage was acquired under a different set of circumstance that have changed. For example, if employment history, credit, income have all had positive changes it's possible the interest rate on NEW mortgage would go down and allow for lower payments.

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