
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