Mortgage Refinance: Is it Really Worth Doing?

Refinancing can be costly in more than one way

Many people are under the impression that refinancing is always a wise financial strategy, and so they do it somewhat routinely.  In fact, it’s been reported that the average American home buyer refinances their home every 5 to 7 years.  But as we’ll see here, a mortgage refinance is not always financially beneficial. Why refinance? Refinancing pertains to amortized loans like home mortgages and commercial [...] Read more »

Eliminate Mortgage Debt using an Acceleration Program

Mortgage interest is lost wealth to the borrower

Considering the ever-growing uncertainty about our economy’s future, it’s not surprising that more people than ever want to accelerate their mortgage payoff to eliminate mortgage debt from their list of liabilities. The idea of mortgage acceleration is not new. In fact, this idea has been around ever since amortized loans came into existence. This not only speeds up the mortgage payoff process, but doing so [...] Read more »