Mortgage Insurance vs Life Insurance
Posted by mbote on November 6th, 2009 | 0 comments
Mortgage Insurance vs Life Insurance
Owning a house is a dream for all of us. But a good house is a costly affair these days. Purchasing a house thus requires a lot of borrowed money. If you are a borrower, you need mortgage insurance if your down payment is less than 20% of appraised market value or purchase value of the property you are purchasing. The mortgage insurance does not protect you. It protects your lender from the risk of your defaulting on the payment to him. Mortgage insurance can be availed of from both the government and the private players, government providing mortgage insurance even at less than 3% down payment.