Average Mortgage Rates

Loan Type Rate APR
30 years fixed 5.81% 6.01%
15 years fixed 5.55% 5.83%
$30k Home Equity Loan 8.24% -  
 
Last updated:05-10-2008

Introduction to Refinance

Either you are a private individual who took a mortgage in the past or a commercial organization who took a mortgage in the past - refinance is something necessary for you to know as it actually can save you a lot of money.
Refinancing it actually an action of taking a new loan or mortgage to cover an existing mortgage - it is done mainly in order to save money and to reduce the mortgage cost.
Lets assume that you bought a house using a 10 years mortgage at 6% rate. Now assuming that after two years the mortgage interest in the market goes down to 5.25% - it is then an opportunity for you to take a new mortgage in order to payback the old mortgage, this will decrease the monthly payments for the next 8 years, meaning saving a lot of money!

Jeremy - Dallas.