Mortgage insurance allows Sonoma County home buyers to purchase property with less than 20% down payment.  Banks only want to lend you money if you have the required down but if you pay for insurnace to cover the differnce, you can put less down. 

 If you are currently looking for a Sonoma County home and not planning on putting down 20% then not only are you looking for the best service (that would be me) and rates and fees (also me) ,  you are also looking for which lender is going to offer you the best pricing in mortage insurance (obviuolsy ME). 2-3 years ago when California Real Estate was in a real tail spin, most Private Mortgage Insurance companies all but left the state.   Getting insurnace on a 5% down loan was all but impossible.   At the very least it was very expensive.   The only option was the FHA, which is still agreat option for borrowers with less than 5% down. Now as Sonoma County Real Estate values are moving upward Insurnace companies are coming back to the market.  If you can get to  5% down,which can include gift funds, Private Mortgage Insurance is a much better option than going FHA and the 3.5% down.  There are many options,  when considering PMI and I would be happy to sit down and talk with you about all of them.  You have options.  Is your current lender giving them all to you?

“Hunt For Your Loan”

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If you are thinking about buying a property in Sonoma County, don’t you think it would be a good idea to find out what it will cost you. I can give you access to my mortgage calculator that has todays rates already imbedded in the program so that all you really need to do is plug in a purchase price and down payment and you can find out what your payments are going to be along with you cash to close including closing costs and Pre-paid items. What is nice about the program is that you can be looking at a home in Healdsburg offered for sale at 450,000$ and plug in the numbers. Maybe it is more expensive than that what you are Pre-approved for (becasue you have already been to my website and been pre-approved for a mortgage) so you drop the sale price to 400,000$ and see if you can afford that price. While the payments are important, often the “cash to close” is often a bigger stumbling block. Knowing exactly what dollar amount it is going to take to close your Mortgage loan is critical to your Sonoma county home buying success.

Visit the Real Estate Mortgage Calcualtor just clink on this link…

You can also save it as an app on your phone and take it with you while you look for a Home. Good Luck House hunting. “Hunt for your Loan”. If you have any questions please call or email me.

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What a recent Closed Loan Client had to say…

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