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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.

Cash-out Refinance For College Tuition: What Changes And What Lenders Ask

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Cash-out Refinance For College Tuition

Cash-Out Refinance For College Tuition — Not directly. A lender does not underwrite the tuition bill.

Categories Cash-Out Refinance, Refinance Tags Cash-Out Refinance

DSCR Refinance Loan Amounts: Where The Standard Lane Starts And Stops

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
DSCR Refinance Loan Amounts

DSCR Refinance Loan Amount Limits — The size of a DSCR refinance is capped by two separate tests, and the tighter one wins.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

Cash-out Refinance Vs Selling: Keeping The Home And Taking The Equity

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Cash-out Refinance Vs Selling

Cash-Out Refinance Vs Selling The Home — It depends on whether you want to stay.

Categories Cash-Out Refinance, Refinance Tags Cash-Out Refinance

Appraisal Came In Low On A Rental Property Refinance: Rate-and-term Vs Cash-out At The Lower Value

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Appraisal Came In Low On A Rental Property Refinance

Low Appraisal Rental Refinance Options — It depends on what the refinance was supposed to do.

Categories Cash-Out Refinance, DSCR Loans, Investment Properties Tags Cash-Out Refinance

Cash-out Refinance To Pay Off A Second Lien: Combining Two Loans Into One

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Cash-out Refinance To Pay Off A Second Lien

Cash-Out Refinance To Pay Off A Second Lien — Usually, yes, and the label depends on how the second lien was used.

Categories Cash-Out Refinance, Refinance Tags Cash-Out Refinance

Refinancing A Rental Property After A Renovation Paid In Cash: Using The New Appraised Value

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Rental Property After A Renovation Paid In Cash

Refinance Rental After Renovation New Appraised Value — Usually, but only after the lender agrees which value to use.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

Cash-out Refinance On A Paid-off Home: Borrowing Against A Free-and-clear House

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Cash-out Refinance On A Paid-off Home

Expect full underwriting on credit, income, assets and debt-to-income ratio. Program details are subject to lender guidelines and full file review.

Categories Cash-Out Refinance, Refinance Tags Cash-Out Refinance

Interest-only DSCR Refinance: Lowering The Payment To Lift The Coverage Ratio

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Interest-only DSCR Refinance

It removes principal from the monthly obligation, so the same rent divides by a smaller number.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Rental Property With A Second Lien In Place: Subordination Or Payoff

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Rental Property With A Second Lien In Place

Refinancing A Rental Property With A Second Lien In Place: Subordination Or Payoff: what investors need to know about DSCR financing, from Lendmire.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

DSCR Refinance For A Rental With Coverage Below 1.00: The No-ratio Option

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
DSCR Refinance For A Rental With Coverage Below 1.00

One path keeps the coverage test and trims the loan size. The other, the no-ratio path, sets the test aside and qualifies you on credit and equity.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

The 40-year Interest-only DSCR Refinance: What The Longer Term Does To Coverage

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
The 40-year Interest-only DSCR Refinance

It lifts your coverage number during the first decade because the payment is smaller. It does not add a dollar of rent.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Rental Property With A Below-market Lease: How The Market Rent Analysis Is Used

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Rental Property With A Below-market Lease

On an occupied property, most programs use the lower of the two. If your lease sits below market, the lease sets the rent in the coverage math.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Rental Held In An LLC: DSCR Vesting Rules For Entities

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Rental Held In An LLC

The loan qualifies primarily on property-level rental income covering the payment, subject to lender guidelines.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

Refinancing A Rental From A Conventional Loan Into A DSCR Loan: When It Makes Sense

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
Refinancing A Rental From A Conventional Loan Into A DSCR Loan

A refinance doesn’t convert your old mortgage.

Categories DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Refinance Strategies

STR Cash-out Refinance Reserves: Six Months And When The Proceeds Count

October 5, 2026October 3, 2026 by Lendmire Research
STR Cash-out Refinance Reserves

Some programs let net proceeds count and some require separately held, seasoned funds.

Categories Cash-Out Refinance, DSCR Loans, Investment Properties, Short-Term Rentals Tags Cash-Out Refinance, Short-Term Rental
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