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To refinance or not to refinance?

What’s happening in the mortgage market right now is equivalent to free money. In other words, interest rates are so low that a borrower who took out a 30-year loan years back can refinance into a 15-year and save tens of thousands in interest with little impact on monthly payments. Let’s say that, 5 years ago, you took out a $200,000 loan for 30 years at a rate of 6 percent. The payment would be $1,199. After five years, your balance would be $186,000 and the amount of remaining interest that you would have to pay over the remaining 25 …

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