Private mortgage insurance (PMI) is an extra monthly fee that you pay on a conventional mortgage if you put less than 20 percent down. PMI must be terminated at a certain point in your loan term or ...

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Even once you’ve reached the 20% equity threshold, you may still be charged for PMI.

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When purchasing a home with a conventional loan, you might be required to pay for private mortgage insurance (PMI). This is generally the case if your down payment doesn’t meet a certain threshold of ...

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As the mortgage and real estate markets continue to face challenges, nearly 800,000 low down payment home purchases in 2023 leveraged private mortgage insurance (PMI), with first-time homebuyers ...

DEAR BOB: Recently you explained how to cancel private mortgage insurance when the PMI loan balance drops to less than 80 percent of today's market value. However, when I phoned my FHA lender, I was ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (National MI), a subsidiary of NMI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMIH), announced an enhanced integration with ...

The PMI Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:PMI) principal operating subsidiary, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (MIC), announced that the Arizona Department of Insurance (the "Department"), its primary state regulator, ...

Federal law requires a lender to cancel private mortgage insurance (PMI) on conventional loans when a mortgage term is at its halfway point, or when the mortgage balance drops to 78 percent of the ...