Money Blog - Refinancing my mortgage to reduce my payment

Another week, another TVM scenario for you!

This week we're going to refinance our home mortgage to lower our monthly payment!

Before we begin, please do me a favor! I've been told that these articles are too long and I should do a maximum of one or two problems in each, rather than five or so. Please leave me a comment letting me know if you think the articles you've seen so far are too long, too short, or a good length.


THE SCENARIO:

Building off of what we did last week, the situation is this:

I put $100,000 down and borrowed $350,000 to buy a house 34 months ago. The mortgage amortizes fully over 30 years, has monthly payments of $2,241.09,and the rate is 6.625%. I still owe $338,465.83, and thanks to a generous inheritance from my late Aunt Matilda, I have $100,000 to use to help me with my mortgage.

I figure that I'm more likely to be able to ... Read more...