How to Use refinance in a Sentence
refinance
verb-
When mortgage rates were low in early 2020, the couple jumped at the chance to refinance their home.
— CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023 -
That means banks will have to refinance, extend, or pay off these loans.
— Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024 -
An Adani spokesperson said the conglomerate had been in talks with the banks to refinance part of the loan but the group plans to prepay it.
— Suvashree Ghosh, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023 -
In the depths of the pandemic, Alex and Cynthia Durbin refinanced their mortgage at 2.75%.
— Rachel Louise Ensign, WSJ, 27 July 2023 -
In the end, my husband and I opted not to refinance after all.
— Tiffany Aliche As Told To Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2021 -
The government has been able to refinance its debt to lower costs.
— Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023 -
The new debt will refinance this loan, though the pricing details were not disclosed.
— Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021 -
This year alone, Huarong must repay—or find ways to refinance—some $6.2 billion of debt.
— William Pesek, Forbes, 25 May 2021 -
In 2021, the couple sought to refinance their mortgage.
— Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024 -
Of course, consumers can try to refinance their debt after the Fed lowers rates.
— Claire Ballentine, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024 -
The alternative is to take the higher rate, and then refinance if and when mortgage rates fall.
— Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Even so, Gottlieb said, Keystone was ahead of the game in refinancing.
— Byalena Botros, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023 -
The company has seen back-to-back 13 straight quarters of losses — and a takeover could help refinance its debt.
— Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 7 May 2024 -
Applications to refinance a home loan fell 0.3% for the week but were 94% higher than a year ago.
— Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Instead, when the mortgage is refinanced or the house is sold again, the borrower pays back the original amount of the loan plus 20% of the increase in the home’s value.
— Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Harwell said Ground Control has been in the process of refinancing and seeking loans for about four months.
— Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024 -
The interest rate will return to the original number at the end of the two years, but buyers tend to refinance at that point.
— Brianna Griff, Chron, 24 Jan. 2023 -
The options for buyers are to wait for interest rates to come down or pay more now and hope to refinance later.
— Curbed, 11 Oct. 2022 -
In such an instance, the party in possession of the car should refinance the note into their name and keep possession of the car.
— Dallas News, 13 May 2021 -
The only other way to get rid of your debt is to refinance in your child’s name with a private company.
— Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 19 July 2021 -
Yet Developers have a mountain of offshore debt to refinance in the first few months of this year.
— Quentin Webb, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022 -
With the help of a retired real estate agent, a plan emerged to refinance the house, buy out her ex and install a kitchenette to rent out the upstairs.
— Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2022 -
Must be wanting to refinance and looking for a better deal?
— Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024 -
More than half that will come up for refinancing this summer.
— CBS News, 18 June 2023 -
Step 4: When that loan comes due, just refinance it with another loan and keep going, tax-free.
— Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2021 -
As the county looks to refinance their historic 2011 debt this year, Scales said her focus as public works chair is to get the best deal for ratepayers.
— Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023 -
Another option is refinancing loans, a process in which a private lender pays off the debt and the borrower starts a fresh loan with the lender.
— Alecia Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023 -
Taking out shorter-term loans raises the risk countries will struggle to roll over or refinance that pile of debt.
— Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 -
That’s followed by investing some of their savings and refinancing a loan, all of which become less costly.
— Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Concern rippled through some members of City Council last week when the Finance Committee moved forward with a plan to refinance up to $1.5 billion in debt.
— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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