In his first term, President Obama went to great lengths to try to help the ailing housing market recover by sponsoring or supporting several government refinance assistance programs. The primary refinance program of the Obama administration, the Home Affordable Refinance Program or HARP program, has proven to be a great success after a rocky start. Other programs, such as the FHA streamline program and the VA IRRRL program, have also been very successful over the last four years. In addition, the efforts of the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low have allowed millions of Americans to refinance to record low rates over the last four years.
While there are not a lot of new government refinance programs on the immediate horizon, it is not too late to take advantage of the record low interest rates and current programs. With President Obama still at the helm the current refinance programs are unlikely being shut down any time soon.
However the clock is ticking on these record low interest rates. Most pundits are predicting that interest rates will be rising over the next 12 months and it is not unlikely that rates will continue rising over the next several years. So if you would like to take advantage of the government sponsored refinance programs and historically low rates available contact us now in the sidebar. There may never be a better time than now.
January 31st, 2013 at 1:11 am
Interesting