There are a number of different reasons you may want to refinance your home mortgage loan, the most common reason being that people want to lower the monthly payments, mainly by lowering the interest rate.
There are a couple of things that you must consider when you are looking at refinancing your home mortgage loan. You need to work out in your own mind how much money it will really save you, you should take into consideration the closing costs, and any other refinancing fees.
The things you must consider include:
*Seasoning period
*Early Payoff penalty
*Closing costs and any fees
*Break even analysis
The seasoning period is a clause that most lenders add into their contracts. This simply means that you are not permitted to refinance your mortgage until you have lived in your home for one or two years. This is to prevent you from refinancing too early.
Some lenders also add in early payoff penalties, these are fees or fines that must be paid to exit the mortgage. You could well find that you current mortgage already includes these, and so you would have to pay them to refinance the mortgage. If you do refinance your mortgage...