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Removing PMI from a conventional loan: a step checklist
A five-step checklist for dropping PMI on a conventional loan: find your CFPB 80% and 78% marks, ask in writing, weigh an appraisal and confirm it stopped.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan Officer
FHA vs conventional at a 680–740 score: the five-year cost
With a small down payment and a 680–740 score, compare FHA's HUD premiums on a $400,000 example with a written conventional insurance quote over five years.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan OfficerUsing your VA benefit again: what your entitlement covers
How a second VA loan works with partial entitlement: a worked county-limit example, when lenders ask for money down, and how to restore entitlement.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan Officer