Real estate blog entries tagged with mi by Jason Schweiger (Network Funding LP)

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Home : Blogs : Jason Schweiger : Issaquah, Bellevue, Redmond, Kent, Covington, Auburn, South King County Real Estate - Active Rain : Tag "mi"

mi: FHA loan or Conventional loan. Which purchase loan is best for my Real Estate purchase? - 06/20/11 01:31 PM

Here are some real simple basic FHA pros/cons to simply go over and compare an FHA loan to a Conventional loan...
FHA Pro: An FHA loan is designed for lower credit borrowers (640-700 range). The loan guarantee allows the government to make a guarantee to the lender against a loan default because the borrower is a more risky borrower. This allows the lower credit score borrower (640-700 range) to obtain a good interest rate loan through the lender. This does not guarantee loan approval, just against default. All loans, whether FHA or conventional must go through a similar approval process. Rates on … (0 comments)

mi: FHA increases the monthly MI and lowers the upfront MIP. Conventional much better option, if you can manage the 5% down instead of 3.5% - 06/18/11 01:17 PM

FHA has increased their monthly MI cost and lowered the upfront MIP fee to 1%. Conventional is a better option, if you can put down 5% instead of 3.5% and if your credit is above 700. Conventional does not have an upfront funding fee and the monthly MI fee is lower too. Here are the new costs of the FHA loan...
FHA Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium Increase

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mi: FHA changing the Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium (MI) amount again on April 18, 2011. - 02/15/11 02:40 PM

Borrowers and lenders should realize that there are new changes (an increase) coming to the FHA Annual Mortgage Insurance premium on April 18, 2011. If you recall, FHA recently made changes on October 4, 2010 and lowered the upfront MIP to 1% (from 2.25%) and raised the monthly MI to a factor of .90%. Well...this is going to change again. The upfront MIP will remain the same, but the Annual Mortgage Insurance premium (MI) will increase in most cases. Here are the current FHA UFMIP and Monthly MI amounts...
FHA MI Fees as of October 4, 2010
UFMIP = 1.00% & Monthly … (0 comments)

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