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Amex offer: $2,500 statement credit for home refinance Better.com

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Better.com is making the homebuying and refinance experiences more rewarding, with a $2,500 statement credit and more, exclusively for eligible Card Members. See offer terms below.

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I work with Better,com and wanted to see if you could please add in the following information to your post on Amex/Better,com deal as it reads incorrect as it stands, especially regarding eligibility. We want to make sure the offer is stated as accurately as possible:
1) Mortgage rates of any specific customer, stated or otherwise, should not be taken as indicative of a mortgage rate available to all customers. Pricing is based on a number of factors, including the individual credit profile of a potential borrower.
2) The offer is only available to those borrowers who have been marketed to directly by American Express, and those who have not received the offer on their Amex portal or via email are not eligible.
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Must have an amex to add offer to your account. Details:

Unlock even more as an
American Express® Card Member with an exclusive mortgage offer from Better.com
Better.com is making the homebuying and refinance experiences more rewarding, with a $2,500 statement credit and more, exclusively for eligible Card Members. See offer terms below.

https://www.americanexpress.com/u...-OfferHub2

EDIT information from Better.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello,
I work with Better,com and wanted to see if you could please add in the following information to your post on Amex/Better,com deal as it reads incorrect as it stands, especially regarding eligibility. We want to make sure the offer is stated as accurately as possible:
1) Mortgage rates of any specific customer, stated or otherwise, should not be taken as indicative of a mortgage rate available to all customers. Pricing is based on a number of factors, including the individual credit profile of a potential borrower.
2) The offer is only available to those borrowers who have been marketed to directly by American Express, and those who have not received the offer on their Amex portal or via email are not eligible.

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Mar 14, 2020
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digitalfool
Mar 14, 2020
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I'm now into my 9th week with no credit. I did e-mail my Better rep last week and he said they have 12 weeks to issue the credit. Unsure why it's taking so long compared to others.
Mar 15, 2020
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LeaninBack916
Mar 15, 2020
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Fed just cut the effective rate to zero. Gonna be a while before the market settles down now. I expect the onslaught to continue with any lender especially starting tomorrow.
Mar 16, 2020
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SreeG
Mar 16, 2020
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Quick question for the folks who took advantage of this offer - How does the free appraisal work? We do pay using the Amex card and we would get a credit back immediately? Or before or after the closing? Please share your experiences. Thank you.
Mar 16, 2020
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sowhatwegetdrunk
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Quote from SreeG :
Quick question for the folks who took advantage of this offer - How does the free appraisal work? We do pay using the Amex card and we would get a credit back immediately? Or before or after the closing? Please share your experiences. Thank you.
You pay nothing. Better takes care of it
Mar 16, 2020
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LeaninBack916
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And on the closing docs it shows a third party paid for the appraisal
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SmellyCat
Mar 16, 2020
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to be clear, i dont need the offer in my card , just use the link and click through ?
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asdf916
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Quote from LeaninBack916 :
Fed just cut the effective rate to zero. Gonna be a while before the market settles down now. I expect the onslaught to continue with any lender especially starting tomorrow.
What onslaught? The falling rates?

Mortgage rates have been increasing the last few days.

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Lilyly
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Quote from stblazer :
Rates are almost guaranteed to go lower at some point in the future. I'm wondering, are lenders raising rates now to keep borrowers from refinancing frequently as rates continue to fall? The refinance craze started late 2019, so losing any client who financed during that time would no doubt hurt the banks/lenders. I find it difficult to believe that every single lender is too busy to take on new clients. This is a free market, where there is always someone hungry for your business, unless it's too much risk for them to take on. If so, mortgages could be experiencing artificially inflated rates for several more months. The only real winners would be the ones who financed early, before things got to this point.
Why not to anyone who just had a new mortgage the past couple years without refinancing in 2019 (i.e. those who bought a house early in 2018)?
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LeaninBack916
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Quote from asdf916 :
What onslaught? The falling rates?

Mortgage rates have been increasing the last few days.
Onslaught of people asking for refinance rates. Sure... some savvy folks will use online tools and see the rate. But there is a vast majority that just "reach out" to a lender. I know the rates are hovering at about 5% last I checked on a 30 year.
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Niteshade
Mar 16, 2020
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Quote from cliff1127 :
Why do you say that? Why will refinances be tough for the foreseeable future?
Just based on this thread it's already difficult to get a hold of the lenders, much less execute a refinance. Rates are going the wrong way demand is so high.

Another thing to consider - it's going to rapidly reach a point where appraisals cannot be done due to quarantine measures.
Last edited by Niteshade March 16, 2020 at 08:57 AM.
Mar 16, 2020
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alMac
Mar 16, 2020
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Possible that Bankrate can't publish current mortgage rates because lenders are overwhelmed with demand from people who want to refinance.

So long as they are overloaded with customers, i think there is no reason to lower rates. They just might even start to go back up until the demand queue starts to get shorter. Another thing I have been noticing is that loan origination fees jumped up so as to make refinancing unattractive.
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Quote from SmellyCat :
to be clear, i dont need the offer in my card , just use the link and click through ?
Yes, that is correct.
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d3alsoffortune
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Quote from LeaninBack916 :
Onslaught of people asking for refinance rates. Sure... some savvy folks will use online tools and see the rate. But there is a vast majority that just "reach out" to a lender. I know the rates are hovering at about 5% last I checked on a 30 year.
Which online tools are showing you lower rates? I see none of the sites that I used to check showing anything lower than what was there before. In fact Zillow is saying there is nothing for me Big Grin
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Evils
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The refinancing was completed on 2/26. When should I expect the statement credit?

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TealCarpenter4849
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Quote from Evils :
The refinancing was completed on 2/26. When should I expect the statement credit?
Mine got within 3 weeks, just saw someone says didnt get credit even after 9 weeks...

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