Refi-are you receiving calls from banks offering 3.875% refinancing?

[CAwireman]

With interest rates bouncing along the bottom, can’t say I’m too surprised that big banks are calling and sending snail mail notices for loan refinancing.

Anyone else getting an uptick in refi offers?

I’m at 4.25% 30 year. The bank is offering a 3.875 refi with no fees (can this even be true, no fees of any kind?)

Objectively, it would save about $130/mo or so.

More that a little tempted to pull the trigger….

[ljinvestor]

Aimloan is at 4% for $0 cost refi on conforming loan with at least 25% equity, so I guess it could be true.

[Coronita]

true

[CAwireman]

I’ll have to check into it….

I wonder is no cost means no appraisal?

[2012 turns around]

Correct; Provident funding did my refi for 3.25%/15 yr no fee in Oct. But I paid for appraisal.

This month I closed a new home @ 3.875 confirming/no fee (again I paid for $450 for appraisal) 25% down (BofA)

[scaredyclassic]

Why is the conventional wisdom to only refi when rate is down 1 percent?

[UCGal]

[quote=walterwhite]Why is the conventional wisdom to only refi when rate is down 1 percent?[/quote]

Conventional wisdom (up until the bubble) was that there were transaction costs associated with the refi, so you needed a big enough drop to recoup your transactions costs. (doc fees, appraisals).

The other factor is that when you refi- you restart the term of the loan… And there are arguments against doing that for small rate changes.

But these days you can actually get cash paid to you if you have the sweet spot of good credit, big enough mortgage that the brokers commission is big… I’ve watched a few coworkers refi over the past few years – and the size of the mortgage determines the cost of the refi (including negative cost.) My mortgage is small enough there’s no free refi for me. A coworker is at the top end of conventional/conforming… he was paid a few hundred bucks at closing.

[sunny88]

It is true, I just refinanced with Quicken. Amount $510 k, 30 years fixed, no fees for appraisal, @3.875 %.

[ybitz]

sunny88…how was your experience with Quicken? Would you recommend using them to refi?

[briansd1]

I feel sorry for homeowners who are stuck with high rates and can’t refinance because of lack of equity.

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