Standard Mortgage Blog

If you have a conventional mortgage and are looking to lower your monthly payment without going through a refinance, a mortgage recast modification may be an option. Most lenders will allow you to make a one time lump sum payment toward your principal balance. The minimum curtailment payment applied to the principal of a loan must be the greater of $5,000 or 10% of the current principal balance..

When you bought your home, you probably had a lot of questions about the mortgage process and financing your home. Now that it’s been a few years, you likely haven’t given it a lot of thought. However, the lower interest rates fall, the more you may want to consider refinancing your mortgage. A mortgage refinance is the process of taking out a new loan to pay off your original mortgage.  

If you have a fixed-rate mortgage, you can rest assured that you will have steady monthly payments (comprised of principal and interest) throughout the life of your loan. However, as market and economic factors change, the opportunity to improve your mortgage rate or shorten your term may present itself. If the rate that you locked in at closing is higher than current market rates, you may want..