Sentences with phrase «about upfront mortgage insurance premiums»
What about upfront mortgage insurance premiums?
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Also, because the federal government insures these loans, you have to pay an upfront mortgage insurance premium (currently, the fee is about 1.75 %) and annual mortgage insurance (typically 0.85 % of the borrowed loan amount), which remains throughout the life of the loan (or until you can refinance the loan into a conventional mortgage).
The bad thing about an FHA ARM is that, like all FHA mortgages, it requires borrowers to pay an upfront mortgage insurance premium of 1.75 % of the loan amount (which is usually rolled into the loan, and you'll pay interest on it as a result).
The good news for new homebuyers is that FHA promised to reduce the upfront mortgage insurance premium from the current 2.25 % to about 1 % and the agency hopes that this helps offset the increased cost of the annual premium for FHA borrowers.