The rising unemployment rate, and a shrinking U.S. economy, has struggling consumers looking for relief through Mortgage Refinance. A smaller amount of buyers seeking new loans and those seeking lower monthly payments on current Loans, are currently raising the number of applications. The percentage increase ending January 9, 2009, includes both mortgage refinance and purchase loans. This happens to be the highest combined percentage increase since 2003.

You might be a good candidate to refinance if you have a home loan, and you think that your property went up by ten percent or more in value, since you took out your current loan. It will help you save money on your mortgage payments, improve your terms, or even both.