HUD’s reducing Mortgage Insurance on FHA Mortgages

January 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment

iStock-000018668640XSmallUPDATE January 20, 2016: HUD has suspended the reduction to FHA mortgage insurance effective immediately.

HUD has announced today that mortgage insurance will be reduced on most FHA mortgages. FHA mortgages have two types of “mortgage insurance” the borrowers pay regardless of loan to value. There is the upfront mortgage insurance (currently 1.75% of the loan amount) that is typically added to the base loan amount and financed over the life of the loan and there is the annual mortgage insurance that is actually paid as part of the monthly mortgage payment. This reduction of 25 basis points is on the annual mortgage insurance premium.

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2017 FHA Loan Limits for Washington State

December 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

iStock-000018668640XSmallHUD has just announced FHA loan limits for 2017. Loan amounts were increased for all Washington counties EXCEPT for Chelan, Callam, Douglas, Jefferson, San Juan and Skagit which have the same FHA loan limits as 2016.

Loan limits for 2017 are in effect with FHA case numbers issued in 2017.

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BREAKING NEWS: 2017 FHA Loan Limits increased for Greater Seattle area

December 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

HUD has updated their website with the 2017 loan limits for FHA mortgages. King, Pierce and Snohomish counties will match the 2017 conforming high balance loan limits. FHA loan limits are effective with CASE NUMBERS issued in 2017. [Read more…]

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2016 FHA Loan Limits for homes in Washington State

December 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment

iStock-000018668640XSmallHUD has just announced FHA loan limits for 2016. Loan amounts were increased for King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County, Clark County and Skamania County.

All other counties have the same loan limits as they did in 2015.

2016 FHA loan limits for King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties are the same as 2016 Conforming High Balance loan limits.

Here is a complete list of FHA loan limits for all counties in Washington:

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HUD temporarily eases approval process for Condos

November 13, 2015 by 1 Comment

iStock_000061440694_MediumHUD is easing the requirements for condo approvals for a limited time. This is a great opportunity for home owner associations to submit their condo for HUD approval so that units in the condominium may be eligible for FHA financing.

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What would you do with an extra $372?

March 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Money in pocket$372 is the average monthly savings that my clients who have closed on their refi’s so far in March. With higher appraised values, thanks to the hot real estate market driving up home prices, many clients are also eliminating mortgage insurance with their refi.

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Lower FHA Mortgage Insurance + Low Mortgage Rates = FHA Streamline Refi’s

February 3, 2015 by 1 Comment

Money in pocketHUD recently reduced annual mortgage insurance premiums for FHA 30 year fixed rate mortgages by 50 basis points. The annual mortgage insurance premium is part of the monthly mortgage payment and 50 basis is a dramatic reduction. If you have a $400,000 loan amount, this is a monthly savings of $166.67 (400,000 x 0.50% divided by 12 months).

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It’s Official: FHA Mortgage Insurance to be reduced

January 9, 2015 by 2 Comments

Today HUD issued Mortgagee Letter 2015-01 officially reducing FHA mortgage insurance effective on case numbers issued on or after January 26, 2015. HUD is also allowing existing case numbers (with the current higher mortgage insurance) to be cancelled as long as they were ordered within 30 days from today.

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