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Sabrina Goodridge OL 301 5-3 Short Paper February 11, 2024 Choose Your Mortgage When it comes to buying a home there are more factors and options that go into selecting your forever home. Before you decide to purchase a home, it is always a good idea to get pre- approved so you can know what price range of your forever home will be in and what homes you are able to afford. The next step would be to find your home and find out what mortgage loan will fit you the best. Lastly, get approved for your home loan and close on your forever home. There are many mortgage loans options for your forever home. So, let’s look at the Conventional and FHA mortgage loans for first time home buyers. The first type of mortgage loans is a conventional mortgage loan is the most use mortgage loan people tend to use and first home buyers get. The pros of a conventional mortgage loan are to give you higher loan limits, flexible interest rates, lower monthly insurance payments, low down payments, and a faster closing. The cons of a conventional mortgage loan are Higher interest rates, more mortgage insurance, higher credit score, financial history is examined more closely, higher closing costs. The FHA home loans have many pros you can have a low credit score so with a credit score of 580 or higher lets you have a down payment of 3.5% and credit score of 500-579 must have a down payment of 10%. Better interest rates, and even flexible DTI requirements. The cons of FHA loans are higher mortgage insurance premiums, property requirements, and loan limits.
The reason why I made the decision to use a first-time conventional mortgage is because I have never bought a home before so this would be my first home. I have 5% or more for a down payment on my new home. My Debt-to-Income ratio is at 35% and it’s a good point for me to invest in a home instead of renting. I also have had a pay raise, and my monthly income has gone up and makes it even more reasonable for me to purchase a home. After reviewing a conventional and FHA loans and their pros and cons to these two types of loans. I have chosen to go with a conventional home loan as my option to purchase my first home. The mortgage that I chose was a new home or first home mortgage. I found a house that is selling for $304,000.00 and it’s a 3-bedroom 2 bath home in the city limits of Artesia, New Mexico. I chose a conventional mortgage for 30-years with a down payment of 5% with an interest rate of 6.5%. So, with a $304,000.00 dollar house and 5% down payment of $15,200.00, and a 6.5% interest rate I would have a monthly payment of $1,825.41. This means I would have an estimated tax of $174.80 and home insurance of $134.27. This would mean my total monthly payment would be $2,134,48. The home isn’t in flood range and doesn’t require earthquake insurance. The total amount that I would have to have for closing costs on my new home would be around $20,000.00 this would get me into my home.
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