Home Mortgage Refinance Gets Appraisal Shock

by Marie
(Georgia, USA)

We recently refinanced our home that we have lived in for 2.5 years now. There were really no surprise with the process itself. We were able to obtain a fixed rate mortgage at a much lower rate than what we obtained two years ago. In fact we went down over a percentage point.

The refinance was seamless and without any problems. We were only shocked when we were told the new value of our home.

We have done some things to it, added a new deck and finished the basement. We did expect the appraised value to go up, however not by as much as it did with the given market.

Our house went up in value by over $100,000 in 2.5 years.

Granted we added square footage with the basement and value in the deck, with a total cost to us of about $30,000 so that is an increased value to us of $70,000. We are excited to know that our house had gained so much value in this market.


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