If you have bought your house in the last few years with an FHA loan, chances are that you can take advantage of lower interest rates by refinancing through the FHA streamline refinance program.

And if you live in Arizona and have bought your house in the last couple of years, chances are that you owe more on the mortgage than your house is currently worth.

Can you still take advantage of lower interest rates and refinance even if you owe more on your mortgage than your house is now worth?

You can with the FHA streamline without appraisal refinance program.

Last fall, HUD changed the guidelines on the FHA streamline no appraisal program and now if you are going to do an FHA streamline without appraisal, you can’t finance your closing costs into the loan. I thought this meant that FHA streamlines were pretty much dead — until interest rates went lower than I thought possible.

These changes now mean that anyone who wants to do a FHA streamline is going to be bringing in money to close your FHA loan under the FHA streamline no appraisal program — unless — interest rates drop significantly.

And interest rates have dropped to historic low levels.

Which means that you can now do a FHA streamline refinance without an appraisal and have it still make sense financially.

So if you are in the situation where you want to lower your interest rate and monthly payment but are worried that you can’t refinance because you owe more on your mortgage than your home is worth – don’t worry.

Just ask your loan officer about the FHA streamline without appraisal program.

More information about the Arizona FHA streamline refinance program

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