FHA's 3.5 % home equity requirement facilitates
refinancing in these declining markets.
Not exact matches
In today's
declining real estate
market, this ruling pretty much allows junior lien removal on most properties bought or
refinanced since 2004.
For instance someone locked into a fixed mortgage might look at
refinancing when
market conditions result
in a substantial interest rate
decline.
If your home has appreciated and your loan balance has
declined, and
market conditions are favorable for
refinancing, you could simply get a new mortgage that doesn't require PMI
in the first place.
Another reason for its
market - share drop was a
decline in the percentage of loans that are
refinancings as opposed to purchase mortgages, says Joe Morford, an analyst with RBC Capital
Markets.
«The
decline in average
refinance loan size is also a feature of a
declining refinance market.