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Refinancing
Your HomeHome › Home & Auto › Refinancing Your HomeGet More Out of Your Home With Our Credit Union Mortgages
Refinancing your home helps you love it even more. So if you’re trying to get a lower interest rate or lower monthly payments, Grow can help make that happen. Refinancing through Grow can help make it happen. We’ll work closely with you to find the solution that fits your needs, with a new rate and terms that work for you and your budget. Grow offers some of Florida’s best credit union refinance rates, helping you get the most out of your home.
Reasons to Refinance
Why refinance? It may make sense if you can lower your interest rate or if the value of your home has increased. Refinancing can be a helpful tool for home improvement, debt consolidation or simply lowering your monthly payment.
Lower interest rate
Whether you got your loan two months ago or two years ago, better interest rates may be available today!
Lower monthly payment
If you’re able to get a lower rate but keep the same term on your loan, your monthly home payment could go down significantly.
Fewer monthly payments
When you refinance your home, you can also choose a new term for your loan based on your priorities.
Access to equity
A cash-out refinance on a mortgage allows you to access the equity you have built up in your home.
The Refinancing Process
Select the type of loan you want
Answer some questions online in the Mortgage Center, then decide on the best loan for you. We provide a variety of loan options based on your monthly income, how much you owe, how much you have to put down and more.
Apply for the loan
We’ve pared our loan application down to require only the most essential information. This includes basic information about you and about the property you want to finance, the assets to you plan to use for the down payment and closing costs, your income and any liabilities.
Credit approval
In many cases, we can immediately credit-approve your loan request. It approves a specific loan amount and loan program based on your income and debts. It is, however, legally subject to underwriting the home you are financing and verification of the information you’ve provided us on your application.
Processing your loan
We’ll first verify the provided information from your loan application, then request documentation to verify assets and income. We’ll review your home by ordering an appraisal, title report, and flood certification. A prepaid processing deposit is required for these services will be applied toward your closing costs. We also set up escrow for the loan closing and send out applicable disclosures.
Final loan approval
Final loan approval involves underwriting your new home or existing home, if you are refinancing and the information on your loan application. Once we’ve reviewed this information, we will give you a final approval, and then ready your loan for closing.
Closing
With final loan approval, we prepare the loan documents for you to sign and send them to an escrow company for signing. Once we receive the signed documents, we’ll transfer the money to the escrow company and they will disburse the loan and record the documents.
Answer some questions online in the Mortgage Center, then decide on the best loan for you. We provide a variety of loan options based on your monthly income, how much you owe, how much you have to put down and more.
We’ve pared our loan application down to require only the most essential information. This includes basic information about you and about the property you want to finance, the assets to you plan to use for the down payment and closing costs, your income and any liabilities.
In many cases, we can immediately credit-approve your loan request. It approves a specific loan amount and loan program based on your income and debts. It is, however, legally subject to underwriting the home you are financing and verification of the information you’ve provided us on your application.
We’ll first verify the provided information from your loan application, then request documentation to verify assets and income. We’ll review your home by ordering an appraisal, title report, and flood certification. A prepaid processing deposit is required for these services will be applied toward your closing costs. We also set up escrow for the loan closing and send out applicable disclosures.
Final loan approval involves underwriting your new home or existing home, if you are refinancing and the information on your loan application. Once we’ve reviewed this information, we will give you a final approval, and then ready your loan for closing.
With final loan approval, we prepare the loan documents for you to sign and send them to an escrow company for signing. Once we receive the signed documents, we’ll transfer the money to the escrow company and they will disburse the loan and record the documents.
Apply For A Home Loan
To apply for your easy online loan, all you have to do is answer a few simple questions about yourself, your property and your income, debts and assets.
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Not sure which loan is right for you? Our Loan Consultant walks you through all the important steps of determining which mortgage best fits your needs.
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Important Information About Procedures for Opening a New Account
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. What this means for you: when you open an account we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents.
Subject to credit approval.
Grow Financial mortgage loans are valid for the purchase or refinance of owner-occupied residential properties in the states of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee including single-family detached, condominiums and townhomes. Not valid for the purchase of investment properties. Grow Financial mortgage loan rates are updated daily and available at growfinancial.org.
How to Find Your Routing & Account Numbers
When you make a payment online, by phone or on a mobile device, you may be asked for our routing number and your checking account number. Credit unions and banks use these numbers to identify accounts and make sure money gets where it’s supposed to be. You’ll also need to provide your routing and checking account numbers for:
- Direct deposits
- Electronic checks
- Military allotments
- Wire transfers
Where to Find Your Routing & Checking Account Numbers
Your personal checks include both our routing number and your account number, as shown on the Grow check example below.
Don’t have a Grow check? No worries.
Visit any Grow store and ask for a Direct Deposit Form. It lists both your routing number and checking account number.
Making a Loan Payment
When it comes to making payments, we try to make it as painless as possible to pay your loan every month. We have several different ways to pay, including convenient online options.
Pay Online
You have two ways to pay online by transferring funds from another bank or credit union.
- Grow Online Banking (Preferred payment method for any loan)
This is the simplest way to pay your loan. You can make one-time payments or set up automatic recurring payments in Grow Online Banking. Once you log in, select “Transfer/Payments” from the menu. If you’re not enrolled in Grow Online Banking yet, you can set up your account in just a few minutes.
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- Debit Card or ACH (Available for auto, personal loans and HELOCs)
Note: ACH and debit card payments are not available for credit cards or most mortgages, except HELOCs.
We accept ACH payments with no additional fees or Mastercard® and Visa® debit cards with a convenience fee of $4.95. To get started with an online ACH or debit card payment, select Pay Now below.
Pay Now
Pay by Mail
You can also pay any Grow loan by check through the mail. Please remember to include your account number and Grow loan number on the check. (For credit card payments, please do not write your 16-digit credit card number on the check, which can cause a delay in processing the payment.)
Address for auto, credit card, personal loan and HELOC payments:
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union
P.O. Box 75466
Chicago, IL 60675-5466Address for personal first or second mortgages and home equity payments:
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union
P.O. Box 11733
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