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        <Description>&lt;p&gt;This from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wendypaulus.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Wendy Paulus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Cherry Creek Mortgage, one of our great lenders in Summit County.&amp;nbsp; In the past year, our buyers have done loans with her for properties in Breckenridge, Dillon, Silverthorne, Keystone and Frisco.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;---------------------------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Congress has passed a bill making mortgage insurance premiums deductible for homeowners.&amp;nbsp; The homeowners must have an AGI (Adjusted Gross Income) of $100,000 or less to be able to fully deduct the premiums each year.&amp;nbsp; Owners with income over $110,000 will have no deduction.&amp;nbsp; Those with income from $100,000 - $110,000 will be phased out of the deduction according to the income above $100,000.&amp;nbsp; This is for NEW loans only and does not include existing loans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Mortgage insurance providers have been lobbying for this reform for many years.&amp;nbsp; The argument by them has always been that simply shifting part of the loan to a second mortgage is not equitable.&amp;nbsp; Mortgage insurance, like mortgage interest, should be deductible.&amp;nbsp; And now the legislative powers have concurred.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;In the past, we as lenders have often chosen to do a second mortgage which was often in the best interests of the client.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Freguently the payment of a first mortgage with mortgage insurance and a split first/second combination was very close.&amp;nbsp; But given the tax benefit of deductible interest, the split mortgages usually proved to be more beneficial financially, even when there were some closing costs for the second mortgage.&amp;nbsp; Now there will most likely prove to be a better benefit to the homeowner by utilizing mortgage insurance.&amp;nbsp; AND mortgage insurance can be removed with appreciation, improving a payment in 2-3 years without a refinance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</Description>
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