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Blended rate check

The short version

Enter your first mortgage balance and rate, the cash you need, a quoted rate on a second lien and a quoted rate on a cash-out refinance. The check shows the weighted blended rate of keeping your first plus a second lien, next to the cash-out rate. Nothing is preselected or stored, and we supply no rates.

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Your first lien and your quotes

How to read your result

The result shows the blended cost of keeping your first mortgage plus a second lien, next to the cash-out option you entered. The lower blended figure costs less to carry.

What to do next

Get written terms for both a second lien and a cash-out refinance on the same day.

What it leaves out

Closing costs, variable rate changes and different terms. Compare Loan Estimates too.

Lien questions

What is a blended rate?

The average of two rates weighted by the balance at each rate.

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