BEST ANSWER
FIRST ANSWER
For FHA loans, as long as the home appraises at your purchase price, you will finance 96.5% of the purchase price, in this case $197,825, and you will also add the Up front Mortgage Insurance Premium, which in most cases I believe is 2.25% of your loan amount or $4,451, giving you a total amount financed of approximately $202,276.
If the home does not appraise at $205,000, and instead appraises at $190,000, you will need to bring in $15,000 to start, then add 3.5% of $190,000, or $6,650, making your down payment $21650, which gives you a loan amount of $183,350, plus your Up Front Mortgage Insurance Premium of $4,125, giving you a total amount financed of approximately $187,475.
Tue Oct 6 2009, 23:05