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Now may be the time to dump your mortgage insurance
Gary Sandler
According to the National Association of Realtors 2020 Down Payment Expectations & Hurdles to Homeownership report, the median down payment in 2019 was 12 percent for all buyers, six percent for first-time buyers, and 16 percent for repeat buyers. The median is where half paid above that percentage and half paid less than that percentage. NAR also noted that “more than 70% of non-cash, first-time home buyers and 54% of all buyers made down payments of less than 20% over at least the past five years”.
Twenty percent, meaning 20 percent equity in a property, is a benchmark often quoted by lenders and mortgage experts because it is the point below which mortgages must be insured against losses due to borrower defaults. While borrowers pay the mortgage insurance premiums, it is the lender who is protected by the insurance. A good rule of thumb is the lower the down payment percentage, the higher the premium. Prem