工科藍是對的。 工科女補充如下。
簡言之,重貸合算與否,要看 total interest over the life of the PROPERTY. 從此意義講,重貸劃算否,當然與貸款年限,還剩多少年有關。因此,如果你想付清房貸,do your math. you will save after refi if
- you keep paying what you paid before monthly, or
- you pay off your old loan balance in remaining years under new loan rate, in your example, 4% 20 yr fix.
事實是,許多地主並不想迅速付清貸款,或不打算長期持有,這種情況下,人們更在乎的是降低 monthly payment 以增加現金流. 低利率的重貸可以達到此目的。