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Should You Refinance Now? + The Greatest HELOC Hack Ever (No/Low Interest)

Should You Refinance Now? + The Greatest HELOC Hack Ever (No/Low Interest)

Update: 2024-10-232
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“Should I refinance my home NOW or wait?” If you have bought a property in the past two years, every day looks like a better and better time to refinance your mortgage. After the Fed’s big rate cut last month, mortgage rates did the unexpected…they went UP. But, even with these slightly inflated rates, now is looking like a good time to refinance if you bought a home with a higher interest rate. So, should you take the risk of waiting for mortgage rates to drop or lock in these substantially lower rates now?

We don’t know what will happen next, so we brought on veteran lender Caeli Ridge to answer some of our more nuanced questions. Caeli summarizes where rates were, where they are today, and where they could be headed. If you want to know what refinance and HELOC (home equity line of credit) rates are right now, stay tuned because she shares exactly what her clients are getting.

What about paying no or low interest on your next HELOC? Caeli shares what may be the greatest HELOC hack we’ve ever heard of—one that gives you lots of liquidity while keeping your interest payments at the absolute rock bottom. You may have never heard of anything like it, so don’t miss this one!


In This Episode We Cover:

Where mortgage rates are right now for refinances and HELOCs

The HELOC hack that greatly minimizes your interest in your next equity line 

Caeli’s interest rate forecast and where she thinks rates could be in the near future 

When waiting to refinance could cost you, and whether rates may go UP again 

The metrics that influence where mortgage rates will go next (what to pay attention to)

And So Much More!


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(00:00 ) Intro

(01:52 ) Interest Rate Update

(06:34 ) Why Rates Went UP

(11:59 ) Should You Refinance?

(18:17 ) Current Refi Rates

(19:37 ) Best HELOC Hack

(29:01 ) Interest Rate Forecast


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Comments (2)

I A

conventional loan you pay your mortgage monthly, part goes to interest and part goes towards principal, what about helock hack? makes no sense, you pay 10k, it lowers principal by 10k, then it stays there for a month, you then pay off your credit card, your amount goes up for a little bit and then next paycheck you pay your principal? what??? made 0 sense, please explain

Oct 29th
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I A

i did not understood on helock hack, difficult to understand, can you guys give a better explanation?

Oct 29th
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Should You Refinance Now? + The Greatest HELOC Hack Ever (No/Low Interest)

Should You Refinance Now? + The Greatest HELOC Hack Ever (No/Low Interest)

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