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Old 11-28-2017, 03:07 PM   #10986
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Originally Posted by Hakkaboy View Post
Is that seriously what they are using to calculate if you qualify? 3% over 30 years?
30 year mortgages are quite common if you don't need CHMC insurance. And 3% is just an estimate of a 5-year fixed rate - technically you will need to qualify at an even higher rate than that.

-Mark (who is a commercial banker - not an expert on retail mortgages, but it's pretty simple and formulaic)
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