US Department of Housing & Urban Development

Special Information Booklet

A special information booklet (Shopping for Your Home Loan: HUD's Settlement Cost Booklet) must be provided if the loan is intended to finance a home purchase.

It contains:

• general information about shopping for a home
• loan and settlement services.
• an explanation of the GFE and the HUD-1 settlement statement.
• Warning about providing false information
  

Click on the link below to view the PDF of the HUD Handbook

(Shopping for your Home Loan - HUD's Settlement Cost Booklet):

HUD Settlement Cost Booklet - HUDHandBook.pdf

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FHA UPDATE:  Starting April 18th, 2011 - New Annual MIP Factor

FHA Case # Assignment Date
Loan Term	LTV	Upfront MIP	Annual MIP
		10/4/2010	10/4/2010 through 4/17/2011	Starting 4/18/11
<=15 Years	<=90%	1.00%	None	0.25
	>90%	1.00%	0.25%	0.50
>15 Years	<=95%	1.00%	0.85%	1.10%
	>95%	1.00%	0.90%	1.15%

 

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