Is 3.5% Downpayment enough Skin in the Game?

You may think Im an elitist if you read my article Cut FHA PMI- Housing Market going in wrong direction. You’re half right. The fact is that you’re able to purchase a house with little money down is not a problem, its leveraging debt to income and the Lending environments rule. Leverage is a wonderful…

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Cut FHA PMI- Housing policy going in wrong direction

  Stories like this make people who don’t own property happy. It should make people who own property nervous. Why? The economic tool used to allow people with less than 20% down payment to buy a house is called PMI, private mortgage insurance. The insurance policy is property specific and it is in place until…

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