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Refinancing Accounts for 20% of Economic Growth.
Economic growth may seem anemic, but imagine how the economy would look without the refinancing boom that began in early 2001.
According to a study commissioned by the Homeownership Alliance, 20% of the real growth in the nation's gross domestic product since the beginning of 2001 can be traced back to refinancing activity.
The study, written by Economy.com co-founder Mark Zandi, analyzes the refinancing boom's impact on local, regional and national economic growth.
Over the past two years, fixed mortgage rates have fallen to a 40-year low of about 6%, allowing borrowers to refinance higher-rate loans and save $274 billion on interest payments.
Since the refi boom began in 2001, nearly $2.5 trillion of mortgages have been refinanced, accounting for nearly half of all home loan debt outstanding.
"Last year's recession would have been substantially more severe and this year's recovery stalled if not for the strength of these markets," Mr. Zandi said.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Refinancing Accounts for 20% of Economic Growth.