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I got an email yesterday telling me times have never been better to refinance my home. They swore that they could get me a number that was more than double my current rate.

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I chuckle evily whenever I get a call from my mortgage company asking me if I’m happy with my mortgage. At 2.25% darn right I’m happy being below the current risk free rate of return.

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38 points

Never been better for banks maybe. I refinanced during the pandemic and went from a 30 year to a 15 and barely changed my monthly payment.

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That’s normal. You either cut years or cut monthly payment. Very rarely both unless rates are actively dropping.

A 15 yr saves you six figures over a 30 yr iirc so congrats!

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I mean they are literally just taking your money and telling everyone it’s a good thing. Fucking wild man. My buddy has a second property that went up from $1700 a month to $2700. Insane. That some private entity can one day decide people have too much money and just literally take it.

And capitalism is the way???

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There seems to be a lot of context missing because this does not make sense. A private entity has no say in what you pay after you purchase a property. Unless there is a private entity doing tax assessments. Which I’m hoping would be extremely unusual but I’m only familiar with the process in my area.

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