San Rafael is the Marin County seat and its largest city, founded around Mission San Rafael Arcangel and known today for its Fourth Street downtown, the Frank Lloyd Wright civic center and hillside neighborhoods above the bay. We help San Rafael buyers and homeowners with jumbo purchase loans, refinances and home equity financing. A refinance is only worth doing when the math works, and Pacific National Lending starts every San Rafael refinance conversation with the numbers: the new rate, the closing costs, how many months it takes to recover those costs, and what you save over the time you expect to keep the home.
Call Pacific National Lending for mortgage refinancing in San Rafael: (916) 526-2700
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Nearly every San Rafael purchase is a jumbo loan, and well-located homes routinely sell with multiple offers, so a fully underwritten pre-approval matters here. Buyers range from San Francisco professionals to long-time Marin families moving up, and the mid-century Eichler neighborhoods of Terra Linda and Lucas Valley have a following of their own. Refinancing an San Rafael home usually requires a new appraisal, income and asset verification and a credit review, though FHA and VA streamline refinances reduce that paperwork for borrowers who already have those loan types. We tell you up front which path applies to you.
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Housing includes Victorians and older homes in Gerstle Park and Dominican, Eichler and ranch homes in Terra Linda, Marinwood and Lucas Valley, hillside homes in Sun Valley, and golf-course and waterfront homes in Peacock Gap and along the canal. If you have an existing low-rate first mortgage in San Rafael, refinancing the whole loan to access cash may not be the best move. We will say so, and we will show you the alternatives, including a HELOC or a second mortgage that leaves your first loan untouched.
Refinancing can also shorten your term. Moving from a 30-year to a 15- or 20-year loan raises the payment but can save a large amount of interest, and many San Rafael homeowners nearing retirement choose this path to own the home free and clear sooner.
Pacific National Lending serves Gerstle Park, Dominican, Terra Linda, Sun Valley and the rest of San Rafael for mortgage refinancing. San Rafael is about an hour and forty-five minutes from our Gold River office, and our Marin clients work with us by phone, email and secure e-signature.
Call Pacific National Lending at (916) 526-2700 or start your application online. We will review your goals, explain your options in plain English and give you real numbers for mortgage refinancing in San Rafael.
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