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To refinance your home loan, you’ll generally need the following documents:
If you’re self-employed, you may be asked to show:
The usual process involves applying for a new home loan and getting your new lender to contact your current one to transfer your mortgage. So, depending on your lender, refinancing your home loan can take anywhere from two to four weeks.
Your offset account helps lower the interest on your home loan, but it’s not considered equity until you use it to pay off your loan. So any money you have in your offset account doesn’t count towards the total equity of your home.
However, if you use those funds to make a home loan payment, you’ll increase your equity by paying down your loan balance – but you will lose that money.
To avoid paying LMI when you refinance, you’ll generally need at least 20% equity in your home. For example, if your home was worth $1 million, you’d need at least $200,000 of equity.
If you have 5–19% equity in your home, you’ll need to assess whether the benefits of refinancing outweigh its costs. For example, if you had $90,000 in equity on a home worth $600,000, your LMI premium might cost more than $6,000.
You also need to consider that any LMI you paid on your first home loan may not be transferred to your new one. (Some lenders may offer a rebate if you’ve had your home loan for less than two years.)
Yes, a refinancing application temporarily affects your credit score. Each application counts as an application for a new loan, which triggers a hard enquiry from the relevant lender.
Keep in mind that the benefits of refinancing normally outweigh the small, temporary dip in your credit score. Using a mortgage broker will also help you find a suitable lender as quickly as possible, which reduces the number of refinancing applications you’ll need to make.
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