Using today’s low rates a huge number of homeowners are applying to refinance their mortgages, so that they can reduce the monthly payments, often by hundreds of dollars.
But one can save more by availing the opportunity of using spare cash to reduce the size of the new loan. Rather than to refinance all $200,000 still owed on old mortgage, for instance, using cash you are able to take out a new loan for $150,000, to make up the difference.
The same strategy is used by many borrowers when they make mortgage prepayments. But when coupled with a refinancing, you can have immediate benefits of paying down the debt instead of getting a benefit after a delay. It is due to the fact that the monthly payment is smaller.
Extra Principal Payments
Extra principal payments are made by many homeowners; either they make these payments regularly or in occasional lump sums. Interest charges are reduced by paying down principal, or outstanding debt, they make us able to save often tens of thousands of dollars over time. Moreover they also allow the homeowner to pay the debt off years ahead of schedule.