Lenders Mortgage Insurance is one of the ways to achieve the dream of home ownership sooner for borrowers that do not have a large deposit in most instance approximately 20%.
Most banks and financial institutions require you to contribute a deposit based on a percentage of the purchase price of your property. With Lenders Mortgage Insurance, lenders may allow you to borrow a higher portion of the purchase price, allowing you to purchase a property sooner and with a smaller deposit than would otherwise be required. Many lending institutes here in Australia will allow clients to borrow between 90 – 95%.
Lenders Mortgage Insurance should not be mistaken for Mortgage Protection Insurance, which covers your mortgage in the event of death, sickness, unemployment or disability. Lenders Mortgage Insurance protects your lender against a loss should you as a borrower default on your home loan. If the security property is required to be sold as a result of the default, the net proceeds of the sale may not always cover the full balance outstanding on the loan. Should this be the case, your lender is entitled to make an insurance claim for the reimbursement of any shortfall.