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Post Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:52 am    Post subject: Texas Cash Out Laws on Refinancing
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I heard there was a law in Texas that says once you refi and do a cash out you can never do a cash out again on that home. Is that true?
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:03 am    Post subject:
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Hi kirklen,

Welcome to the forum.

Are you thinking to do Cash out refinance?

I think what you have heard is not right. You can do Cash out refinance even if you have done it once but at least after 12 months. You cannot do it sooner than that.

Feel free to ask if you have any further questions.

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:19 pm    Post subject:
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Hi,

Welcome to Mortgagefit discussion board.

As far as I know Larry is right. You can do cash out refinance after 12 months once you have done it. The logic behind it is if you want to refinance you will have to gain equity first. So before a year you can hardly any equity to get a cash out.

Do let me know if you have any other questions.

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Post Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:32 pm    Post subject:
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Larry is correct...12 months between c/o refis in Texas.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:20 am    Post subject:
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Also something to keep in mind is that once a cash out, always a cash out in Texas. So even though you may just refinance the first mortgage without literally taking cash or paying off bills, your lender will need to consider it a cash out refinance. Remember to let them know when you apply for a mortgage loan.
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:52 pm    Post subject: Maximum Financing
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What is the maximum a bank can loan to refinance a home with cash out in Texas?
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:22 am    Post subject:
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80% of the value of the home.....assuming primary residence.
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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:41 pm    Post subject: Texas Cash Out
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Also, you can do a regular refi in Texas to pay out a divorce settlement or to refi and include all closing costs and no more than $2000 in cash back. It is a cash-out when more than $2000 is taken out by the borrower.
The amount you can take out is up to 80% of the appraised value of the home. You will need a current appraisal for this value to be determined. The appraiser will have to be one approved by the lender.
If you have done a previous refinance and taken cash-out, if you go to refinance again in the future, it will be a cash-out refi again. Once a cash-out always a cash-out in Texas.
Yes, you can refi after 12 months but you have to make sure that you do not have a pre-payment penalty. There are a lot of lenders out there that had 3 year pre-payment penalties on cash-out refinances and several regular loans in Texas.
You need to read the fine print on your current loan.
Also, now most lenders will not do a cash-out unless the credit is over a certain number......some are at 660 for a cash-out minimum.
Things to keep in mind!!
You can contact me if you have any further questions as I am a mortgage broker in the Dallas area.
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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:16 pm    Post subject:
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If you are wanting to "cash out" for a divorce settlement, the best way to go with for your spouse/ex=spouse to file an Owelty Deed. This will place a lien on the property and when you refinance, the lien holder has to be paid off and it's not considered a cashout loan. Therefore you do not have to follow the cashout laws and you you may get a better rate. Cashouts in Texas with a LTV (loan-to-value) equal to or greater than 70% of the appraised value have a lightly higher rate. One problem with having a cashout loanis if you ever want to get a small amount for bills or whatever with a home equity loan, you can't. you can only have one equity loan on the property and as mentioned before, once an equity loan, always an equity loan...something to consider.
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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:15 pm    Post subject: RE: texas cash out refinance
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Hi Diane and John,

Welcome to our forums.

Great advice from your end. Smile

I'm sure it is going to help the poster.

By the way John, why don't you join the community and share your views with others. I hope you'd enjoy participating here and helping people with your knowledge.

Diane, since you're a mortgage broker, feel free to join our community as a lender and enlist your name in our lenders directory. There are a group of lenders who're a part of our community and they have been very helpful in guiding people in need of loan or solutions to mortgage problems.

Best wishes for all the good work that both of you do. Smile

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:18 pm    Post subject: Texas Cash OUt
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I did a cash-out loan on my home in 2004. I would like to open a home equity line of credit. Would I ever be able to do this?
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As you did the cash out refinance in the year 2004, I think you will be able to go for a home equity line of credit.
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Post Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:32 am    Post subject: Divorce and Cashout
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In my DECREE the house is split fortyfive_fiftyfive. I have a Loan approved to with the House appraised at 361000 and the house s paid for. The house is titled in both our names but my Ex will not sign any documents the Lender Requires. As I understand it my ex is not responsible for the loan and the amt is sufficient to pay her off and the comingled bills and I'll be able to avoid bankruptcy. Any ideas what I can do?
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Hi

Are you going to finance only the portion of the property which you own? or the entire house? Because, if you are going to finance the entire house, you will need to have a deed signed by your ex to remove her from the title. You will have to negotiate with her and convince her to sign over her interest to you so you can finance it and buy out her property-interest with the money.
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 am    Post subject: Cash out
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I was only going to do a cash out on my half
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