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FHA Loans is the one who required mortgage insurance as in protection to the banks and lenders. While in conventional loan, PMI or private mortgage insurance is required for those borrowers with less than 20% equity.
Yes private mortgage insurance is available in Pennsylvania. Private mortgage inusrance is available in all states you just need to look around and find a place that deals in private insurance.
Yes and no, mortgage protection insurance is necessary to have. According to the Private Mortgage Insurance Law lenders who put less than a 20 percent down payment on there loans are required to pay private mortgage insurance or mortgage protection insurance.
Depending on the specifics of each policy, Mortgage insurance will normally pay benefits if you get hurt or sick and can't work, cancer or other critical illness diagnosis (stroke, heart attack), involuntary unemployment, or death. If you simply default on your mortgage, mortgage insurance will not pay it for you.
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They are not the same. Homeowner's insurance insures the property: dwelling, personal property, other structures on the property, etc. Private mortgage insurance pays the mortgage in case of the death or disability of the mortgagor.
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Not all loans require mortgage insurance If you are using FHA financing, you'll need mortgage insurance regardless of the downpayment. Conventional loan financing less than 20% requires MI. On a conventional loan, you may have the option of building in the MI into your interest rate. Your rate will be higher, but at least this way it's a tax deduction in the form of mortgage interest paid. MI is still a tax deduction but not all qualify for the deduction and the deduction is due to go away 12-31-2011.
PMI is not a deductible expense.
Companies that offer the best rates for private mortgage insurance are companies that deal in most other types of insurance. These can include companies such as Aviva, Tesco, AXA and Aegon.
It stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. :))