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Making The Decision To Refinance Your Car Loan 3 Things To Consider



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efore you make the              So, you’ve done all of your       
decision to refinance your      calculations, and you know that   
car loan, there are some        refinancing under a better        
things you need to consider. This     interest rate will save you a lot 
article offers tips on what to        of money. However, you need to    
consider before refinancing your      consider prepayment penalties in  
car loan:                             your calculations. Say that       
                                      refinancing will save you $2000   
Interest Rate                         over the life of your loan. If    
                                      your current loan has $2000 in    
The most common reason a person       prepayment penalties, it’s not    
wants to refinance is to get a        going to benefit you to           
better interest rate. Perhaps you     refinance. Check your loan        
had bad credit when you took out      documents for information on      
your car loan, and, now that your     prepayment penalties. If you’ll   
credit has improved, you want to      be charged them, make sure to add 
refinance under a better interest     that amount into your             
rate. Or, perhaps the prime rate      calculations.                     
is lower now than it was when you                                       
financed, and you want to take        Length of the New Loan            
advantage of lower rates. A lower                                       
interest rate will save you a lot     If you currently have two years   
of money if you have more than a      left on your loan, you’re not     
year left on your car loan;           going to save money by            
however, interest rates are not       refinancing under a better        
the only things you need to           interest rate for a longer number 
consider.                             of years. For example, if you’re  
                                      currently paying 16% interest on  
Prepayment Penalties                  a loan that has two years left on 
                                      it, and you refinance for a four  



year loan with 8% interest,           go. However, if you’re looking to 
you’ll end up paying the same         save money, you’ll need to add    
amount of interest. If you’re         the length of the loan into your  
just looking for a lower monthly      calculations.                     
payment, this might be the way to     

                              




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