Mortgage refinance process template

Steps in this flowchart

• Rates drop or need cash-out
• Check credit score & home equity
• Compare lender quotes & loan estimates
• Savings exceed closing costs before break-even?
• Keep current mortgage
• Submit application & income documents
• Lock interest rate
• Order home appraisal
• Appraisal supports loan-to-value?
• Bring cash, lower amount or challenge appraisal
• Underwriting review
• Conditions to clear?
• Provide extra documents
• Clear to close
• Closing disclosure 3 days before
• Sign at closing
• 3-day right of rescission
• New lender pays off old loan
• First payment on new loan

How to use this flowchart template

1. Click Open in the editor. The flowchart opens on a new page in FlowDiagram — nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
2. Rename, add or delete shapes and drag them where you want; connectors stay attached as things move.
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4. Prefer text? Edit the Mermaid source below and paste it in through ☰ → Import diagram (see the Mermaid editor); it imports as an editable diagram.
5. Export to PNG, SVG or PDF, or press Ctrl+L for a link that carries the whole diagram.

Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

flowchart TD
  A((Rates drop or need cash-out)) --> B[Check credit score & home equity]
  B --> C[Compare lender quotes & loan estimates]
  C --> D{Savings exceed closing costs before break-even?}
  D -->|No| E((Keep current mortgage))
  D -->|Yes| F[Submit application & income documents]
  F --> G[Lock interest rate]
  G --> H[Order home appraisal]
  H --> I{Appraisal supports loan-to-value?}
  I -->|No| J[Bring cash, lower amount or challenge appraisal]
  J --> I
  I -->|Yes| K[Underwriting review]
  K --> L{Conditions to clear?}
  L -->|Yes| M[Provide extra documents]
  M --> K
  L -->|No| N[Clear to close]
  N --> O[Closing disclosure 3 days before]
  O --> P[Sign at closing]
  P --> Q[3-day right of rescission]
  Q --> R[New lender pays off old loan]
  R --> S((First payment on new loan))

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