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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:

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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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May 8, 2020 3:07 PM
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turbunatorcfMay 8, 2020 3:07 PM
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For me better.com just said they can't get anywhere close to competing rate. And as my loan is $630K this amount falls outside the window of their price beat (or what ever) guarantee by $1000.
May 8, 2020 3:16 PM
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KrustyVTMay 8, 2020 3:16 PM
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Quote from Noirish View quoted comment :
Reading some posts, they don't always try to match and beat. In my case, 3% from better.com has closing cost of $10331 + $1360 third party fee. So to beat Owning, they need to absorb all that cost plus giving me $1000 plus AMEX credit. It will be nice to get all that, but it's a little late for me now...
Also, every day that you're messing around with Better trying to get them to match/beat is another day that you're paying interest on your original loan at the higher interest rate.

I thought about trying to get Better to match, and then quickly decided to just move forward with Owning to get this process finished ... and closed in about 18 days from start to finish.
May 8, 2020 3:21 PM
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blukingMay 8, 2020 3:21 PM
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just got my closing disclosure, i see a line item for aggregate adjustment for fees, does anyone know what this includes? also my mortgage payoff quote is lower compared to the loan amount that better has, is that an issue and will it change during closing?
May 8, 2020 3:31 PM
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wj_cmMay 8, 2020 3:31 PM
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Quote from bluking View quoted comment :
just got my closing disclosure, i see a line item for aggregate adjustment for fees, does anyone know what this includes? also my mortgage payoff quote is lower compared to the loan amount that better has, is that an issue and will it change during closing?
I don't know the answer to aggregate adjustment coz mine says Zero but I have an answer with regards to the payoff. They always put a higher payoff amount (which is probably another 15 days worth of interest). It's better to go over than risk with paying off under. You will then get a refund check from your original lender. I confirmed that with Better's closing expert, the title company i used, and also my original lender and they all said the same thing.
May 8, 2020 4:12 PM
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indymaleMay 8, 2020 4:12 PM
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Quote from wj_cm View quoted comment :
I don't know the answer to aggregate adjustment coz mine says Zero but I have an answer with regards to the payoff. They always put a higher payoff amount (which is probably another 15 days worth of interest). It's better to go over than risk with paying off under. You will then get a refund check from your original lender. I confirmed that with Better's closing expert, the title company i used, and also my original lender and they all said the same thing.
The same issue I saw, where my remaining loan was 382k and payoff was 385k.
Just like what the person above is saying, I was assured that this is to cover anything extra and that I will get a check eventually once they settle everything if there a balance.
I'm closing Monday.
May 8, 2020 4:15 PM
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isekiiMay 8, 2020 4:15 PM
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Quote from mamakat View quoted comment :
I just spoke with owning - they're adding a point to loans under 300k so right now it's 3.99 for less than 300k. Uggh
Can't you cash out to go over the 300k mark ?
May 8, 2020 6:08 PM
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Alex8919May 8, 2020 6:08 PM
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Quote from indymale View quoted comment :
The same issue I saw, where my remaining loan was 382k and payoff was 385k.
Just like what the person above is saying, I was assured that this is to cover anything extra and that I will get a check eventually once they settle everything if there a balance.
I'm closing Monday.
I had extra $1000 after payoff principal, they charged one month and four days interest, the remain went to escrow account.

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May 8, 2020 6:11 PM
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mnsweepsMay 8, 2020 6:11 PM
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The way the economy is heading and the jobless numbers extremely high , do you guys think the rates would go down furthur?
May 8, 2020 7:35 PM
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jbn8May 8, 2020 7:35 PM
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I used Costco, and they had lower rates (than Better) from Strong and Mutual of Omaha. What other outlets are you using to get rates for Better to match? Do you go through the full application process on competitor sites to get an estimate for Better to match?
May 8, 2020 7:54 PM
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swineMay 8, 2020 7:54 PM
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Quote from jbn8 View quoted comment :
I used Costco, and they had lower rates (than Better) from Strong and Mutual of Omaha. What other outlets are you using to get rates for Better to match? Do you go through the full application process on competitor sites to get an estimate for Better to match?
Better need official loan estimate to do the match...
May 8, 2020 7:56 PM
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MysteryManMuMay 8, 2020 7:56 PM
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What do you guys think of a cash out refinance at 3.25 for 20 years? This is after they slightly beat a credit union in fees and even includes a bit of points also.
May 8, 2020 9:01 PM
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cdancer20May 8, 2020 9:01 PM
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Quote from jbn8 View quoted comment :
I used Costco, and they had lower rates (than Better) from Strong and Mutual of Omaha. What other outlets are you using to get rates for Better to match? Do you go through the full application process on competitor sites to get an estimate for Better to match?
I used Costco and they had the second best offer. The best came from Lender fi. They beat the Costco company (idr the company) by $1000 but only matched to Lender Fi. a few thousand less than their own quoted rated.
May 8, 2020 9:27 PM
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iukuMay 8, 2020 9:27 PM
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Quote from jbn8 View quoted comment :
I used Costco, and they had lower rates (than Better) from Strong and Mutual of Omaha. What other outlets are you using to get rates for Better to match? Do you go through the full application process on competitor sites to get an estimate for Better to match?
mutual of Omaha did not give LE without application. Some lender through costco will give you quote without app, e.g. NBKC bank.
In any case make sure to get the LE to better within a day to beat it per their better price guarantee term.
May 8, 2020 11:39 PM
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MethodmanMay 8, 2020 11:39 PM
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Quote from KrustyVT View quoted comment :
I posted this earlier in this thread - you can refi right now at owning.com [owning.com] for those exact terms - 2.75% with $0 closing costs for a 15 year $560k loan. I refi'ed with them in December and can vouch for them and their process - it's extremely quick and easy.

Note for anyone else reading - this is only for properties in CA.
Are you sure this was $0 closing costs? Based on your comments, I went ahead and applied with them. Over the phone the advisor kept telling me this would be a free loan, no closing costs, no one else does this, etc. Once I got my loan estimate, I noticed that he raised my loan amount to almost $2000 more than my actual payoff amount. The loan estimate actually says that the closing costs are being covered by the loan. How is that free if I'm borrowing money to cover the closing costs? In any case, I also sent the LE to better.com to see if they could do....better.
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May 8, 2020 11:43 PM
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swineMay 8, 2020 11:43 PM
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Yeah, some agents just tell you it is a 0 point 0 fee loan and load the cost into the loan amount! Several times different lenders!!!

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