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Lendmire Research publishes analysis on mortgage markets, loan programs, and home financing trends — produced by Lendmire's editorial team and reviewed by our licensed mortgage professionals.

How Lenders Verify Your Mortgage Payment History On A Refinance?

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
How Lenders Verify Your Mortgage Payment History On A Refinance?

How Lenders Verify Your Mortgage Payment History On A Refinance — Yes, and they check it separately from your credit score.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Home With Unpermitted Work: What The Appraiser And The Lender Do

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Home With Unpermitted Work

Refinance Home With Unpermitted Work — Usually, yes, you can refinance a home with unpermitted work, but the outcome depends on four things.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing With A Credit Freeze Or Fraud Alert On Your File

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing With A Credit Freeze Or Fraud Alert On Your File

A fraud alert is different. It doesn’t lock your report, so the lender can pull it, but the lender must verify your identity before moving forward.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Mortgage With Child Support Or Alimony Income

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Mortgage With Child Support Or Alimony Income

The lender needs a written legal obligation, a record of full and on-time payments, and proof the support will keep coming for at least three more years.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing After A Home Renovation Raised The Value: Using The New Appraisal

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing After A Home Renovation Raised The Value

Refinance After Renovation Increased Home Value — It depends on which loan you hold and what you want the refinance to do.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Mortgage With A Balloon Payment Coming Due

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Mortgage With A Balloon Payment Coming Due

It is an ordinary refinance with an unusual deadline. The new lender looks at your equity, credit, income and payment history.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinance Appraisal Came In High: Can You Borrow More Or Drop PMI Sooner?

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinance Appraisal Came In High

Refinance Appraisal Came In High — Yes, a high appraisal can help with both goals, but each one runs through a different rule.

Categories Conventional Loans, Refinance Strategies

Conventional Refinance Debt-to-income Limits: 45%, 50% And The Compensating Factors

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Conventional Refinance Debt-to-income Limits

Conventional Refinance Debt-to-Income Limit — There is no single limit.

Categories Conventional Loans, Refinance Strategies

Conventional Refinance With Less Than 20% Equity: PMI, Loan-to-Value And The Options

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Conventional Refinance With Less Than 20% Equity

A cash-out refinance is different. It stops at 80%.

Categories Conventional Loans, Refinance Strategies

Conventional Refinance Appraisal Requirements: Desktop, Hybrid And Full Appraisals

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Conventional Refinance Appraisal Requirements

The menu runs from no appraisal at all, to a property-data visit, to a hybrid appraisal, to a full interior-and-exterior appraisal.

Categories Conventional Loans, Refinance Strategies

Jumbo Refinance Credit Score Tiers: 660, 680, 700, 720 And What Each Unlocks

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Jumbo Refinance Credit Score Tiers

Jumbo Refinance Credit Score Tiers — No government agency sets them.

Categories Jumbo Loans, Refinance Strategies

No-closing-cost Refinance: How The Lender Credit Works And What It Costs Over Time

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
No-closing-cost Refinance

Usually that means a higher interest rate, where the lender pays your costs with a credit funded by the rate. Sometimes it means a bigger loan balance.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing An FHA 203(k) Loan After The Renovation Is Done

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing An FHA 203(k) Loan After The Renovation Is Done

Refinance FHA 203k After Renovation — Not until the renovation is formally closed out.

Categories FHA Loan, Refinance Strategies

FHA Simple Refinance Vs FHA Streamline: The Appraisal Makes The Difference

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
FHA Simple Refinance Vs FHA Streamline

FHA Simple Refinance Vs FHA Streamline — The appraisal is what separates these two loans.

Categories FHA Loan, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing From A 30-year To A 20-year Mortgage: The Middle Path

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing From A 30-year To A 20-year Mortgage

Refinance 30-Year to 20-Year Mortgage — A 20-year refinance swaps your remaining 30-year schedule for a shorter one.

Categories Refinance, Refinance Strategies
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