home loan: FHA Mortgage Loan Insurance Changes for Homebuyers in California's Inland Empire, Temecula, Corona, Riverside, Murrieta & Menifee
- 08/12/10 05:40 PM
HUD recently announced that starting October 4th (recently delayed), FHA is reducing the amount to be collected for their Up Front Mortgage Insurance Premium (UFMIP). However, FHA will also increase how much they collect on their Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP - collected monthly) for California's Inland Empire (Riverside & San Bernardino County) home buyers. Confused? FHA's insurance is a ‘split' premium type of mortgage insurance designed to protect the lender from loss. FHA collects some up front (UFMIP) and some on a monthly (MIP) basis. Don't confuse this with your fire/hazard type homeowners insurance which is completely different than FHA's mortgage insurance. (3 comments)