How to Use refinance in a Sentence

refinance

verb
Definition of refinancenext
Synonyms for refinancenext
  • When mortgage rates were low in early 2020, the couple jumped at the chance to refinance their home.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That means banks will have to refinance, extend, or pay off these loans.
    — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • An Adani spokesperson said the conglomerate had been in talks with the banks to refinance part of the loan but the group plans to prepay it.
    — Suvashree Ghosh, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In the depths of the pandemic, Alex and Cynthia Durbin refinanced their mortgage at 2.75%.
    — Rachel Louise Ensign, WSJ, 27 July 2023
  • In the end, my husband and I opted not to refinance after all.
    — Tiffany Aliche As Told To Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2021
  • The government has been able to refinance its debt to lower costs.
    — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The new debt will refinance this loan, though the pricing details were not disclosed.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • This year alone, Huarong must repay—or find ways to refinance—some $6.2 billion of debt.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • In 2021, the couple sought to refinance their mortgage.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Of course, consumers can try to refinance their debt after the Fed lowers rates.
    — Claire Ballentine, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The alternative is to take the higher rate, and then refinance if and when mortgage rates fall.
    — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Even so, Gottlieb said, Keystone was ahead of the game in refinancing.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The company has seen back-to-back 13 straight quarters of losses — and a takeover could help refinance its debt.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 7 May 2024
  • Applications to refinance a home loan fell 0.3% for the week but were 94% higher than a year ago.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Instead, when the mortgage is refinanced or the house is sold again, the borrower pays back the original amount of the loan plus 20% of the increase in the home’s value.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Harwell said Ground Control has been in the process of refinancing and seeking loans for about four months.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The interest rate will return to the original number at the end of the two years, but buyers tend to refinance at that point.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The options for buyers are to wait for interest rates to come down or pay more now and hope to refinance later.
    — Curbed, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In such an instance, the party in possession of the car should refinance the note into their name and keep possession of the car.
    — Dallas News, 13 May 2021
  • The only other way to get rid of your debt is to refinance in your child’s name with a private company.
    — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 19 July 2021
  • Yet Developers have a mountain of offshore debt to refinance in the first few months of this year.
    — Quentin Webb, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The carrier has until just before the end of the year to refinance $1.1 billion in secured bonds.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
  • With the help of a retired real estate agent, a plan emerged to refinance the house, buy out her ex and install a kitchenette to rent out the upstairs.
    — Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Must be wanting to refinance and looking for a better deal?
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
  • More than half that will come up for refinancing this summer.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • Step 4: When that loan comes due, just refinance it with another loan and keep going, tax-free.
    — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2021
  • As the county looks to refinance their historic 2011 debt this year, Scales said her focus as public works chair is to get the best deal for ratepayers.
    — Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Another option is refinancing loans, a process in which a private lender pays off the debt and the borrower starts a fresh loan with the lender.
    — Alecia Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
  • Beijing has pledged to help by offering debt swaps to refinance the high-cost, short-term debt burdening many local administrations.
    — Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Last week the airline again delayed a deadline to refinance more than $1 billion in debt until late December, giving it breathing room with its credit card processor.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024

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