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There are many reasons and benefits to refinancing a home loan. The key advantage is lowering the interest rate on your mortgage, reducing your monthly payments and overall costs. You might also reduce the term or length of the loan, saving you thousands in interest. Lastly, refinancing could provide you a means to debt consolidation.

It's important to remember that refinancing a home loan is very similar to taking out your first mortgage loan, in that the process requires an application, credit check, new survey and title search and appraisal and inspection fees. Before you refinance, you might ask yourself how much you can lower your payments, how long you plan to stay in the house and how much upi will pay in refinancing costs. This will help you determine whether it makes sense for you to refinance. You can work with a lending institution (or use online payment calculators) to run the numbers through several scenarios and determine whether refinancing makes sense for you.