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    Refinancing with a US Bank with lower US rates ?

    Just wondering if this might be possible, considering that the US interest rates are much lower than ours ! [?]

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    Sounds like a great idea to me but how do you get them to do the refinancing?

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    Refinancing with a US Bank with lower US rates ?

    Just wondering if this might be possible, considering that the US interest rates are much lower than ours ! [?]


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    Will I have no idea. It may require some research.
    cheers,
    Dave

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    You would need to consider foreign exchange risk.

    Aust. banks will not lend against properties located outside of Australia… the US is probably the same.

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    i used to work in Japan, and I know the NAB and other Aust banks will actually lend you money for property in Aust in Yen at Japanese interest rates (1 to 2%). But you must be working over in Japan earning yen. I think there are a few people using these Yen loans.
    Over the past few years the exchange rate has gone from about $1=60Yen to $1=80Yen.
    So if you had taken out a $100,000 loan it would have been 6,000,000 Yen which is worth $75,000 now. I suppose if you are earning Yen it doesn’t matter so much.

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