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Old 09-14-2009, 06:19 AM
welshboy welshboy is offline
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Default 100% financing

CMHC and Genworth have taken the 100% financing away which allowed borrowers to purchase a home with no down payment with FIs best available rates. Borrowers had to have a beacon score of at least 680 and if joint applicants then both had to have over 680. There was also another option for no down payment mortgages called the cash back which is a 5% cash rebate from the lender which can be used for the down payment. The FI will charge the borrower the posted rate for the mortgage and the borrowers have to have a beacon score of 650 and joint applicants can average scores to be over 1300.

if the borrower breaks the mortgage they have to pay a penalty and also the lender will claw back some of the cash back as well. So the cost of breaking the mortgage can be really expensive.

So really no down payment mortgages have not gone away they have just become more expensive.
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