Mortgage Insurance Rates Increase FHA
Posted by Carlos Martinez on
Beginning April 1st, 2012 FHA will be raising their upfront Mortgage Insurance. You may be asking yourself 'how does this effect me'?
Here is a scenario:
Your current loan approval amount $150,000 FHA
Old Monthly MI = 1.15% = $143.75 Monthly MI
New Monthly MI = $1.25% = $156.25 Monthly MI
Old Upfront MI = 1% or $1500 based on above loan amount (added to loan amount)
New Upfront MI = 1.75% or $2625 based on above loan amount (added to loan amount)
This means that you would qualify for about $5,000 less on your mortgage with the new increase beginning April. Your loan amount would decrease to $145,000.
This reduction may be signficant to a buyer trying to max out their purchase, which happens all the time, by the way. If you feel you this…
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