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Consolidating Credit Card Debt Into Your Mortgage Some financial "gurus" have advised against this because you are turning unsecured debt into secured debt. While this is basically true the fact is that defaulted unsecured debt can be secured against real property very quickly once the debtor is sued for it and a judgment is received. If you are paying the minimum payment on your maxed out credit cards every month, it could take 15 to 22 years to pay off those cards.
Consolidating credit cards with higher rates, such as 16%, 18% or 21%, into your refinanced mortgage with a rate of, say 6.25%, you could dramatically decrease your total monthly payments.
The money you save every month could be used to pay off other credit cards or other loans quicker.
At that point, the extra money you have every month could be paid to reduce the principal on your mortgage or you could refinance into a shorter term loan, say 15 years, at a lower rate and pay off your home much quicker. If you want to see even greater savings on a monthly basis for a fixed period of time, ask us about using a minimum payment option loan to consolidate your debts. This can provide you with enough cash to pay off your debts while actually reducing your housing payment AND all of your monthly payments. Remember, you have a three (business) day right of recission before you can receive the cash from your refinance. If your decide to consolidate credit card debt in the state of Texas you must wait 12 days from the time of application to close on your cash out loan, also Texas Cash-Out loans are limited to an 80% LTV (Loan to Value). This law only applies to homestead properties and it may be different if the property is a second home or investment property. Most financial gurus don't recommend using the equity in your home to pay off unsecured debt because if you do that, you won't need to buy their program. Think about it. They are in business to sell you software, subscriptions to their websites and books. The program they recommend deals with cutting back on spending and devoting yourself to getting out of debt in a long period of time. Sure it will work, but most people don't have the discipline to not have cable, or not go out to eat for 6 years. The one key to getting out of debt is to put yourself in a position where you don't have to use your credit cards. Once you stop spending on credit cards, the best way to pay them off is to consolidate them into the lowest monthly payment possible. From that point you need to take the savings and re-apply it towards your existing debt and your mortgage. If you do this, you could be debt free, including your mortgage, in a little as 5-7 years. I challange any financial guru to find a quicker way to be completely debt free. In order to decide if a debt consolidation is your best action, you should figure what you are paying now and how that will translate in the length of time it will take you to pay off those credit cards. You may find that rolling those debts into your mortgage will save you thousands of dollars in interest payments. A mortgage agent can help you decide if refinancing credit card debt into a mortgage is your best option. Using financial calculators available, they can compare how long and how much it will cost you to pay off credit card debt using your current monthly payments vs refinancing the debt into a new mortgage. Very often the monthly and lifetime savings is large. Remember not to stop making regular payments towards credit card debts simply because you are in the process of consolidating them. Defaults and late payments can negatively impact your credit and jeopardize the consolidation loan. If you are planning on selling your home in the near future, you may want to rethink consolidating. You need to make sure that you have enough equity to pay for realtor's commission and down payment or closing costs on the new home. If you refinance to pay off credit cards it is wise to have the limits on the credit cards lowered to avoid the same situation you are refinancing out of. Unless you have many cards open avoid closing the accounts. If they have been open for a long time closing them could negatively impact your credit. If you have gotten buried in a hole with credit card debt it could be a necessity to refinance your home and pay off your credit card debt. It has been known to save thousands of dollars. On the other side of the spectrum, if you only have 5 months left on a credit card bill it is note wise decision to bury that into a mortgage. You can consolidate your credit card debt through use of your first mortgage or by obtaining a second mortgage or a home equity line of credit, also known as a HELOC. A HELOC works with the same basic principals of a credit card. It is a revolving account that as you pay the equity line down, you have that money available to you to use again. With a second mortgage you simply have a set term (5 years, 10 years, 15 years, etc...) that you will pay on the loan for and when it is paid off you are relinquished of your obligation to this debt and the account closes. All three (1st mortgage, 2nd mortgage or HELOC) are excellent choices for debt consolidation but you and your mortgager broker will need to figure out which one makes the most sense for your particular situation. Consolidating credit car debt into your mortgage can save a homeowner hundreds and sometimes even thousands of dollars per month by lowering their total monthly obligations. When you consolidate credit cards into your mortgage you also are able to lower your interest rates on those credit cards which essentially saves you a lot of money but you are able to write off the interest on your tax returns from your mortgage and you can not do this with your credit cards. Contact David J Zwierecki at 888-418-4467 or dave@gofirstsecurity.com for a no obligation consultation. If you want to use a refinance loan to consolidate some of your debts, you're going to have to borrow more than the actual amount remaining on the loan that you're refinancing. This additional amount will be used to pay off those debts that are being consolidated and will affect the monthly payment of your refinanced loan. By doing this, however, you can make your finances and outstanding debts much more manageable and will likely become debt-free much faster.
Another option if you do not have enough equity in your home to pay off your credit cards is to refinance to a pay option ARM. The money you can save by making minimum payments on your mortgage can be applied to your credit cards to help pay them down quicker. When deciding to refinance for debt consolidation you might want to consider how long you will have to pay your credit cards if you are only making the monthly minimums. This can take you much longer in most cases than paying on a traditional 30 year fixed mortgage. During most refinances you will be able to skip a month, or two, of your mortgage payment. It would be a good idea to take some, or all, of that payment and apply it to your credit card debt. You should remember that the interest you pay with your mortgage is tax deductible, where the credit card's interest payment is not. Consolidating your debt using your equity can save your money even more.
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