And refinance to a Conventional mortgage as soon as you can to save as much money possible in the long run. Just my two cents, donโt shoot the messenger. ๐๐พ๐ก๐ฐ
If you canโt qualify for Conventional financing, then your next best option would be to get an FHA mortgage. But once you get it, work as fast as you can to build your credit and pay as much extra that your budget allows you tooโฆ
If youโre going to do the biggest purchase of your life, at least cut the fat (expenses) where you can and throw that sunk costs (money ๐ฐ youโd never see again) to your principal and pay off your mtg sooner. FHA should only be situational.
Ex. $300,000 purchase price. 3.5% down pmt, loan amt would equal $289,500. Now add that sunk cost of $5,066.25 on top of your loan amt and add the interest youโll be paying plus monthly mtg insurance premium thatโs going to be in your monthly mtg pmt as well for the next 30 yrs.
FHA does allow you to put 3.5% as your down pmt but no one telling you FHA also charge you 1.75% of your loan amt upfront for mtg insurance premium which equates to 5.25% when you could simply have put 5% down on a Conventional & have it go straight to the equity on your home.
Yo yo first time home buyers, FHA ainโt always your best friend okayy? Time and time again, I get fully qualified clients trying to debate with me that they rather go FHA over Conventional because social media, family or friends told them so! I got time today, class in session ๐