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Have You Re-Fi’d Your Bubble Condo Purchase?

By April 28, 2012

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The Seattle Times has a first hand account of Condo owner snags HARP deal:

In 2006, when I bought my Eastlake condo, any standing place that had walls was considered a good investment. I jumped in, buying the place that I had been renting. It was small and a bit outdated, but if felt good to own.

Six years and one Great Recession later, the value of my little 434-square-foot home in Seattle seemed like the equivalent of a newer model Hyundai.

A few attempts at refinancing out of my old 5.8 percent 30-year fixed interest rate mortgage and into an attractive 3 or 4 percent rate ended in disappointment; I didn’t qualify because I didn’t have equity.

We’d be curious to here from other folks. Any luck re-fi’ing your bubble condo purchases? Or did you walk away?

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