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How long before I can refi?

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joeykaplan
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How long before I can refi?

I purchased a Chevy Trail Blazer 7 months ago, at a very crappy rate. I was just happy to "get it done" at the time. My wife had just been fired from her job and lost her company car. I did nothing down, and financed about 16k at ouch 20% over 72 months. I know.. so should I try and get a better deal, or wait? Thanks!
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Anonymous
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Re: How long before I can refi?

That depends on model year, miles, and loan to value ratio. How much is the truck worth on Edmunds?
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Re: How long before I can refi?

I refi'd 3 months after purchase.  I got my initial loan from cap1 at 13.45% (I like their system, thumbs up).   Three months later, I refi'd with a credit union at 7.1%. I knocked 12 months off of the loan and $10 off of the payment double score!  I had rolled a warantee into the loan so it was outside of their limits for lending so I had to put $600 down in order to refi it.  Now the only problem with this whole scenario is that it happened right before the trashing of SUV values.  You will have a very difficult time refinancing your trailblazer without putting down a large downpayment, because SUVs values have fallen HARD (If I tried to refi today (7 mos after the my last refi, I would have to put about 3k down). It doesnt hurt to go to your CU, though, and find out how much you would have to put down. 
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