LOANS- What is PMI?

A lot of people ask, what is PMI?

By DAVE HOLLAND

Today let’s talk about PMI

Let’s take a look. What is PMI?

PMI is Private Mortgage Insurance. So this insurance is for the lender.

In case you stop making payments, they want to know that they are protected with their investment.

So, if you do not put at least 20% down, Chances are there will be some type of private mortgage insurance unless you have a VA loan or a USDA loan. Some of the government loans do not have this PMI or private mortgage insurance. So how is it calculated? Well, the PMI is calculated with several different factors.

Some is going to be your credit is going to be how many people are on your loan, your loan to value, or how much you put in. If you put down 5, or 10, or 15%, these are all going to change how much that private mortgage insurance is, what loans have it. So the VA loan is one of the loans that does not have private mortgage insurance.

This is a big selling point for a lot of people because private mortgage insurance can be pretty expensive and FHA loan has upfront mortgage insurance, as well as monthly mortgage insurance.

“PMI What is that? A lot of people ask, what is PMI?  Do I need it? How much does it cost?”

PMI or HOI?

The conventional loan will also have it. If you put less down than 5% or 10%, whatever the case may be. And then this question is asked by a lot of people.

Is it the same as homeowners insurance? So a lot of people confuse PMI with HOI or homeowners insurance. It protects you the homeowner and the lender in case your home catches on fire or it’s in an earthquake, or you have flood damage, all of those different factors happen, but it’s not going to protect the lender if you stop making your payments.

So that’s the big difference between those two? I hope this clears up PMI for you or Private Mortgage Insurance.

“It protects you the homeowner and the lender too.”

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