If you have less than a 20 % down payment, you will likely have to pay for mortgage insurance on top of your mortgage payment. (lendedu.com)
Among other things, the new law extends the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums and retains the prohibition on taxing forgiven mortgage debt as income. (realtormag.realtor.org)
With a new deduction for mortgage insurance premiums, homeowners in every congressional district suddenly had bigger tax write - offs. (themortgagereports.com)