Tuesday 1 April 2014

Mortgage Insurance Programme (MIP)

According to the guideline of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, banks have to comply with a 70% loan-to-value ("LTV") guideline on residential mortgage lending. Yet, with the MIP providing mortgage insurance to banks, banks can lend out mortgage loans more than 70% of the value of the property without incurring additional credit risk. As long as an application meets the relevant eligibility criteria, the bank can lend a mortgage loan of up to 90% LTV ratio under the MIP. In other words, homebuyers may only need to pay 10% of the property price for down payment, which greatly reduces their down payment burden.

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