How does refinancing work?

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My parents recently suggested I refinance my home to help with some of my debt, but how does that help/work?

I bought my house in 2020 for roughly 275,000 its current market value is close to 400,000. From my understanding I can use the difference in value to help pay for the loan, but how exactly does that work? And how do I go about it?

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Approach a bank.

Let’s say when you bought it for 275k with a mortgage of 200k and deposit of 75k

That’s a loan of 73% of the value.

You might now be able to get revalued and get a mortgage of 220k which 55% of the value. The bank is still happy, because they know that if you default they’ll be able to get their money back by selling.

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