Lenders consider mortgages to be riskier if the borrower's down payment is smaller, with conventional loans requiring at least 20 % down to avoid the added monthly
expense of private mortgage insurance.
The rest of the asset's value is financed with a second mortgage or home equity loan that cover's for the remaining 20 % without the
need of Private mortgage insurance either.
Number 10: I'm happy to see a lot of people are sufficiently savvy to be pro-actively thinking about how and when they can get
rid of the private mortgage insurance increment of their mortgage payment.
«With the updated program requirements, Right Step will allow borrowers to get more house for their money by eliminating the cost
of private mortgage insurance from their monthly mortgage payment,» said Michael Copley, Executive Vice President, Retail Lending, TD Bank.
MGIC Investment Corporation is a holding company, which through its wholly owned subsidiary Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation is a provider
of private mortgage insurance in the United States.
The report confirms that the presence
of private mortgage insurance makes it easier for creditworthy borrowers with limited down payments to access conventional mortgage credit.
U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI ®) today released a new study demonstrating how housing finance risks can be significantly reduced for the housing finance Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) and taxpayers, while maintaining access to homeownership with improved borrower economics, through greater
use of private Mortgage Insurance (MI).
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(February 16, 2016) Last week saw more activity demonstrating the value
of private Mortgage Insurance as a reliable way to enhance access to mortgage credit for consumers and protect taxpayers against housing losses, particularly through greater front end risk sharing by the GSEs
Since the
beneficiary of private mortgage insurance is the mortgage lender, not the borrower (who's paying the premium), PMI is yet another fee mortgage lenders extract, in this case from hapless borrowers dead set on owning a house before they've exercised the patience and a sound plan to save up a 20 % down payment.
Ask your loan officer about the benefits of the different types
of private mortgage insurance such as «borrower paid monthly,» «lender paid,» «split premium» and «single premium» mortgage insurance.
Also, if your down payment is going to be less than 20 %, make sure to familiarize yourself with the
concept of Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) and your potential options regarding PMI.
Insurance Mortgage Loans: Loans of between 81 % and 95 % of the appraised value or purchase price, whichever is less, on improved real estate supplemented by
guarantee of a private mortgage insurance company for that portion of the loan which exceeds the Bank's conventional loan - to - value ratio.
Mortgage Insurance Premiums (MIP is FHA's
version of private mortgage insurance, PMI, which guarantees the lender's risk in case of default) have more than doubled in the past few years and is now required to be paid for the life of the loan; therefore, building owners who have equity or at least 20 % down payment would find these programs to be cost - payment prohibitive.
«With the updated program requirements, Right Step will allow borrowers to get more house for their money by eliminating the cost
of private mortgage insurance from their monthly mortgage payment,» said Michael Copley, Executive Vice President, Retail Lending, TD Bank.