You can ask your mortgage company about escrow, which allows you to pay
your homeowners insurance payment along with your mortgage payment.
In fact, if you forget to make these payments — and if you forget to make
your homeowners insurance payments — your loan will immediately become due.
If a borrower expects to pay $ 1,100 in monthly principal and interest, plus $ 300 in property taxes and
homeowners insurance payments, the PITI costs would be $ 1,400 per month.
Depending on your financial situation, a reverse mortgage lender may also require that your property taxes and
homeowners insurance payments be paid out of the loan as well, to ensure they are kept up.
Note that many mortgage payments include property taxes and
homeowners insurance payments; these won't disappear once your loan is paid off.
You can ask your mortgage company about escrow, which allows you to pay
your homeowners insurance payment along with your mortgage payment.
A high deductible can knock between 20 percent and 40 percent off
your homeowner insurance payments.
Escrow accounts are set up to collect property tax and
homeowners insurance payments each month.