Sherry asked:


With 30 year FHA loans the monthly MI is in place for the life of the loan.

Kind regards,

Geoff Johnston

Mortgage Relief Specialist

GovernmentRefinanceAssistance.com

480.219.0585 (direct)

760.888.8293 (fax)
After finding the governmentrefinanceassistance.com web site I ask this question of refinancing into an FHA loan with LTV being less than 80% would monthly mortgage insurance still be required and the answer is (yes with a 30 year loan) I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t heard it from a government web site! Any thoughts?
Thanks, Sherry
The reason we went FHA is the processor told me her scores were to low to do conventional cash out refinance.

Shawn

kookoo4travel asked:


Adjustable rate has taken our mortgage payment from $1,800 per month to $3,000!

Christina

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I have debt totaling 30,000. I own a home in which I have over 150k equity in. I want to pay this debt once and for all. What would be the smartest way to do this? Should I refinance, take a home equity loan or set up a payment plan? My mortgage rate is 5.375 so refinancing would put me into a new higher rate since rates have gone up. I also have access to $10,000 in my 401k that I could borrow. I just want to make the right decision here. Any help would be great! Thanks.

COURTNEY

Amanda B asked:


My husband I are looking to borrow about $35 thousand dollars out of the equity of our home to help finance our son’s college and to do some small renovations. We bought our house ten years ago for $170 thousand. It was recently appraised at $320 thousand and we have payed our mortgage down to $130 thousand. We are wondering if it makes more sense to refinance and pull $35 thousand out or if it makes more sense to take out a home equity loan. We are looking for the option that raise our monthly mortgage payment (or loan payment) the least.

ELIAS

KristinaRM asked:


Due to family health issues my husband and I have missed a bit of work over the past 9 months. Because of this a few of our credit card payments were missed and we have fallen quite behind. We are now both back to work full time and are making arrangements with our creditors to try to lower our monthly payments. I have not contacted our mortgage company yet to see what they offer because I am not savvy enought to know the difference. In this situation, which would be better?

MALCOLM

My Dog Rowdy asked:


I bought my home in March of 2003, my mother co-signed for me, but does not live with us or pay on the mortgage. I would like to look into either a refinance or home equity loan, with a goal of perhaps borrowing $12-15,000 to pay debts, etc. Is it possible to do this and still maintain the same interest rate and monthly payment? Where would be the best place to inquire about the process, my credit union where I handle the rest of my finances, the company that I have the mortgage with, or an outside company?
No, I did not commit fraud thank you very much. I simply mentioned it in my question in case it made a difference. I’m no expert but I’m sure if it were somehow not legal to have a co-signer that did not reside with you then I would never have gotten the loan in the first place!

COREY

twirlgirl928 asked:


Problem, we recently had our home up for sale, but have since changed our mind. We applied for a small home equity loan through our local bank (17,000)so my husband could buy a car and we could pay off a couple of bills. In the meantime, a larger mortgage co that we also inquired with about this loan told us that they could consolidate all of our debt, and save us $600 every month even if we doubled our payment. So, we went with the larger co, however after going through the whole process with them , they came back and said that since our home was recently on the market, we would have to wait 60 more days to get a loan. (this would be 100% equity LTV) My question is, if we go with the smaller loan from our local bank (who doesn’t give 100% LTV loans), could we in fact get a home equity loan a few months down the road, pay off the 17000 loan and also pay off the rest of our debt? Is there some rule about how long after you receive a home equity loan before applying for another

EMERY

metspsu1980 asked:


My brother and I are in our mid to late 20’s and own a 2 unit home valued at approximately $75,000 free and clear. We have a 30 year mortgage (out on another home valued at approximately $40,000) at a fixed rate of 7.4395%. We have been paying on this loan for almost 3 years. (PMI of $20 a month). Each of these are rental units.

I know mortgage rates are at an all-time low slightly under 5%. Would it be better for us to refinance our current mortgage or take out a home equity loan and use it to pay it off.

Please factor into the equation that I plan on purchasing another property in the next year or so which will be my primary residence.

ELOY

OP-lo asked:


I currently have a stash of cash in a money market earning 3.61% APY. I also have a home improvement project set to start later this month. I have enough cash to cover about 40% of the project. I also have a line of credit locked to prime, currently 5.25%. Should I take some of the cash to max out my Roth IRA and thus borrow that much more against the house assuming investments will earn 8% over time - or - should I minimize my home equity debt in the short term. My job situation is good but not great. I am also putting away 5% of my paycheck monthly into a Roth 401K. I have also considered the fact that I could refinance the equity loan into a new 30 yr mortgage after the project. The downside there is that I am currently at 5.25% 5 years in to a 30 yr mortgage. Thanks for your input.
FYI - even if I used 100% of my equity line, I would still have over 100K in equity on my home. I live just west of Chicago. Our housing market here has slowed but notthing like the devaluations of Florida or the west coast.

JARVIS

Darn asked:


I am trying to refinance my home equity loan. Each time I try to call a lender, they all want to run my credit report which I understand because that is the only way to check my FICO, debt ratio and etc. But, won’t it affect my credit score? I had 4 lenders checked my credit report already. Pls help.

THURMAN