Hello Des Moines, Ia Mortage readers!
So if you are looking to take out a home loan in Des Moines, IA you may also be reading about how the FHA will raise Insurance Premiums by .25% starting April 18th of this year. Why are they doing this? Well if you’re searching for an Iowa home loan and you are going FHA you know you are going to have to pay Mortgage Insurance, so to you this is a slight raise in costs from 2% to 2.25%. A lot of realtors and loan originators may be upset because it’s an extra cost they have to work around for buyers looking for Iowa homes. Now back to the “why”, well the plan is to raise funding for FHA capital reserves. This hike in premiums is projected to raise between 2.5 and 3 billion dollars annually which analysts are saying will help in the housing markets steps to recovery. So even though the raise in premiums sounds like something bad, especially in todays struggling economy, it’s good to know there are moving parts to a plan that is in motion so they can work towards helping borrowers get a mortgage in Des Moines, IA. Before the market can flourish again we have to take steps to get sections of the market, such as FHA, to a point of stability. So when you check Des Moines mortgage rates, be sure to keep in mind that if you go FHA after April 18th, you’ll be expected to pay that extra .25% in premiums.
-Dan