All Posts Tagged With: "MIP"
FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium To Rise In 2012
Borrowers will pay more to get an FHA loan in 2012. The much-heralded payroll tax cut worked out by Congress will also raise the cost of an FHA mortgage by at least .2 percent and probably more in 2012. Think of it as a back-door tax increase. While the public was watching the payroll debate [...]
3Jan2012 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
Why FHA Premiums Should Not Be Raised
Will the FHA loan program raise its insurance premium for new borrowers? At first it might seem as though higher premiums are in order given that the FHA reserve fund — the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund or MMI — is well below the 2 percent required reserve. While that may be true, one must also [...]
5Dec2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Will The FHA Go Bankrupt?
A new study says the FHA is likely to need a $50 billion bailout and perhaps as much as $100 billion. But is the FHA really in trouble? And if so, why? The paper, written by Joseph Gyourko, a professor of real estate and finance at the Wharton School of Business at the University of [...]
16Nov2011 | Peter G. Miller | 3 comments | Continued
How The FHA Is Sinking Mortgage Borrowers
Millions of people have financed and refinanced with FHA mortgages, but what used to be a financial safe-haven is increasingly not-so-attractive. Higher costs and gotcha clauses are making the FHA less unique and more expensive every day. Don’t believe it? Let’s look at some facts: Lender Fees With most forms of mortgage financing lenders have [...]
23Jun2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Less FHA Mortgage Loan Demand Undermines American Home Prices
A small change in FHA guidelines has now hit the market and the result has been both immediate and devastating. “Purchase applications fell last week, driven primarily by a sharp decrease in government purchase applications as new, higher FHA premiums went into effect,” said Michael Fratantoni, the Mortgage Bankers Association Vice President of Research and [...]
2May2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Higher FHA mortgage premiums unneeded and unjustified
Moving with great speed, the FHA has decided to raise the annual mortgage insurance premium (MIP) fee by .25 percent. This will increase monthly FHA costs by some $30, an additional financing expense of around $360 a year for new FHA borrowers, individuals who typically are not among the rich or famous. And who will [...]
20Feb2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Is The FHA Moving Toward 1% Up-Front Insurance Premiums?
Is the up-front insurance charge for FHA mortgages going to fall? FHA-backed mortgages are now a huge part of the financing landscape, but since April the up-front mortgage insurance premium has been 2.25 percent for most FHA borrowers. Now there’s some discussion regarding the idea of a 1 percent up-front MIP — but a higher [...]
17May2010 | Peter G. Miller | 2 comments | Continued
How Can I Pay Less For Mortgage Insurance?
Lenders require mortgage insurance when borrowers are unable to put at least 20 percent down when buying a home. The good news is that in some instances it may be possible to reduce mortgage insurance costs. Mortgage insurance comes in three basic flavors, FHA, VA and private mortgage insurance (MI). Let’s look at each. FHA [...]
22Feb2010 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
FHA Mortgage Basics
It all started in the 1930s when the government began insuring home mortgages. This was a big deal because it meant that homes could be purchased with little down and with loans that lasted more than five years — the norm at the time. Since the program began in 1934 the government has insured more [...]
9Dec2009 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
How Do We Get Rid of the FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium?
Question: I bought a home with FHA financing. We have a monthly insurance premium (MIP) with each payment. How do we get rid of this cost? Answer: When you bought your home you purchased with little money up front, perhaps 3.5 percent down. This means a lender put up as much as 96.5 percent of [...]
20Oct2008 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
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