Although home prices are on the rise in Canada, as much as 10%, there’s good news for being able to afford your house. This news would have a direct impact for home buyers that would fall into the 80% to 100% purchase price for their homes.
What’s New For Mortgage Insurance?
Some people are in the situation that they can’t put 25% down, and are required to pay thousands of dollars in mortgage life insurance. According to the mortgage broker firm Invis, people in this position accounted for 42% of the market at the end of September.
In a research note to its brokers Invis has tracked the impact of competition and risk-based pricing on mortgage where the customer borrow 100% of the price of a home. Some of the changes Invis noted for people who take a high ratio insured mortgage are:
Mortgage insurance is mandatory is you have a down payment of less than 20%.
For people who borrow 100% of the cost of their home, insurers are now now factoring in the borrower’s credit score in a way that can lower this cost of coverage. This is called risk-based pricing, and it’s the way that almost all insurance works.
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