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If you have 5k handy, check into mortgage recasting. Almost no bank will tell you about it (because it's way cheaper than a refi) but they all do it. My credit union suggested it to me as I was rapidly paying down my mortgage.
A recast means they'll recalculate your current principal owed with the existing loan terms - and it will only cost you about $150-200 in total plus a concurrent minimum 5k principal paydown. Depending on how much you've already paid down, your monthly payment could drop significantly in total while still paying off the Dave amount of principal as earlier.
We have the same mortgage amount and time and owe $430k so congrats on that. Personally I’d use the cash elsewhere as the 3.5% is a steal
I totally agree. In fact in hindsight I wish I hadn’t paid it down so fast and used the money in other ways to invest. Oh well. Now just trying to reduce the interest burden and take advantage of the lower rates.
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If you can keep your pace, I absolutely would. You’ve done a great job in a short time, keep it up!
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I would see if your bank allows for mortgage recast - it keeps the same rate with the same bank, and for a small fee they just rerun the amortization schedule based on the current principal and time remaining. I did that just to free up more cash flow. I am not a big fan of paying off my house early, granted, I have enough in cash/investments to pay it off tomorrow - so that helps in having confidence in not paying it off.
D2 Thanks for that insight! I am in the same boat. In fact regret paying off that amount instead of deploying it in stocks or real estate. But I did that when I didn’t know any better which was probably smart too. Cause not knowing other investments and still jumping in could have been disastrous as well.
Anyway I will reach out to my bank and find out about recast. Thanks again!
$160 should be manageable.. just skip weekend drinks
There lies the problem. It’s easier said then done.
*160k not 160$
Be creative and pay it ASAP.
The house doesn’t belong to you till all the amount is paid.
Couple of missed payments and you might loose it.
Just model it? You are a consultant yes?
ZS- no worries! I wish I was an management consultant. Specially considering the kind of salaries people post on here!
Stay the course.
Did you forgo saving money in 7 years to knock out that much of the principal?
Nice!
Great job. That’s impressive.
It doesn’t hurt to shop around and then run the #s. I’ve heard of people getting rates as low as 2.65%.
If you refi, it means you’ll be able to pay it down sooner.
Thank you P1. Reading all those 2.x posts is what drive my post. I am not a numbers person so couldn’t just do the math to arrive at an answer. Tried but got complicated when trying to acct for closing cost/ fees etc.
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You will pay a lot less in interest over the life of the loan with it