The Federal housing administration M.I. Information pmi insurance

What is the Federal Housing Administration?

The Federal Housing Administration, generally known as "FHA," provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. FHA insures mortgages on single family and multifamily homes including manufactured homes and hospitals. It is the largest insurer of mortgages in the world, insuring over 47.5 million properties since its inception in 1934. 

What is FHA Mortgage Insurance?

FHA mortgage insurance provides lenders with protection against losses as the result of homeowners defaulting on their mortgage loans. The lenders bear less risk because FHA will pay a claim to the lender in the event of a homeowner's default. Loans must meet certain requirements established by FHA to qualify for insurance. 

Why does FHA Mortgage Insurance exist?

All Loan Terms (greater than 15 years and less than or equal to 15 years):

LTV greater than 90%
Annual MIP will be collected until the end of the loan term, or 30 years, whichever occurs first.

LTV less than or equal to 90%
Annual MIP will be collected until the end of the loan term, or 11 years, whichever occurs first.

You also have to pay the 1.75% for any amount of loan at all LTVs.

How is FHA funded? 

FHA is the only government agency that operates entirely from its self-generated income and costs the taxpayers nothing. The proceeds from the mortgage insurance paid by the homeowners are captured in an account that is used to operate the program entirely.  FHA provides a huge economic stimulation to the country in the form of home and community development, which trickles down to local communities in the form of jobs, building suppliers, tax bases, schools, and other forms of revenue.

The History of FHA 

Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 1934. The FHA became a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing in 1965.When the FHA was created, the housing industry was flat on its back: 

• Two million construction workers had lost their jobs.
   
• Terms were difficult to meet for homebuyers seeking mortgages.
   
• Mortgage loan terms were limited to 50 percent of the property's market value, with a repayment schedule spread over three to five years and ending with a balloon payment.
   
• America was primarily a nation of renters. Only four in 10 households owned homes.

During the 1940s, FHA programs helped finance military housing and homes for returning veterans and their families after the war.In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s,  the FHA helped to spark the production of millions of units of privately-owned apartments for elderly, handicapped and lower income Americans. When soaring inflation and energy costs threatened the survival of thousands of private apartment buildings in the 1970s, FHA's emergency financing kept cash-strapped properties afloat.The FHA moved in to steady falling home prices and made it possible for potential homebuyers to get the financing they needed when recession prompted private mortgage insurers to pull out of oil producing states in the 1980s. By 2001, the nation's homeownership rate had soared to an all time high of 68.1 percent as of the third quarter that year. The FHA and HUD have insured over 47.5 million home mortgages and 48,500 multifamily project mortgages since 1934. FHA currently has 7.95 million insured single family mortgages and 14,452 insured multifamily projects in its portfolio. In the 83 years since the FHA was created much has changed and Americans are now arguably the best housed people in the world. HUD has helped greatly with that success.