refi
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of refi
First recorded in 1980–85; by shortening
Example Sentences
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“You’ve taken 90% of borrowers out of the refi window.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
“It’s huge optionality to refi those borrowers when rates fall,” he says.
From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025
If you follow up your cash-out refi with more spending, you’ll face what she calls a “second reckoning” — but this time, with less of a home equity cushion to pad the fall.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021
A smaller sample looking out more than two years showed the deposit rate at -0.30% and refi rate at zero by end-2024.
From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2021
Had the bank personnel been better trained and had more experience, Planey could have been approved in a matter of days rather than the eight weeks it ultimately took him to get a run-of-the-mill refi.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018
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