Duane Buziak’s 7 Strategies for a Refinance Decision Checklist Homeowners Can Actually Use

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A homeowner should refinance when the savings or the goal served outweigh closing costs within the time the new loan will be kept. This refinance decision checklist homeowners can follow walks through seven ordered checks, from naming your goal and running a break-even calculation to comparing real offers with a soft-pull credit check and locking the rate. All rate and dollar examples are illustrative, not live quotes.