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FHA Update – FHA Announces Increase in MI Effective April 1, 2013

John Thomas February 2, 2013 Tags: , , ,
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In Mortgage Letter dated 01/31/2013, HUD  announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will increase its annual mortgage insurance premium for most new mortgages by 10 basis points or by 0.10%, and FHA will increase premiums on jumbo mortgages ($625,000 or larger) by 5 basis points or 0.05%.  It will also change the MIP from canceling at 78% LTV to being for the life of the loan on most FHA loans as of June 3, 2013.  You can read the letter at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=13-04ml.pdf Keep Reading...

Delaware FHA Loans – MIP Changes October 4, 2010

John Thomas September 29, 2010 Tags: , ,

It is official: FHA was given authority on September 3, 2010, to change the amount charged to borrowers for both the Up Front Mortgage Insurance Premium and the Annual Mortgage Insurance premiums…and change them they did.

This will impact how you write up a Delaware FHA purchase agreement, as well as any monthly payments you might estimate

The new premium amounts will be effective on all FHA case numbers assigned on or after October 4, 2010, so if you already have a Delaware FHA transaction in process, you won’t be impacted as long as your loan officer has already pulled an FHA case number, but new FHA clients who come into process on or after October 4th will be subject to the new guidelines. Keep Reading...