Know Relevant Information about Mortgage Down Payment in Canada

Posted by CanadaInnovativeFinancial on January 20th, 2018

While you are planning for purchasing a home in Canada, then you must be looking for the best arrangement so that you can fulfill your dream without any hassle. The most important thing while purchasing a home is making down payment. Here in Canada, special calculation is made on dollar value. The amount is calculated depending on the value of the home.  In short down payment mortgageis the amount which buyer needs to pay upfront from his/her side.

What is the Minimum down payment?

At time of buying a home, you should first pay attention on the details of down payment mortgage. At first you need to know the purchase price of the home.

A. If the home price is less than 0000, and then down payment is to be paid @ 5%.

B. In case the value of home is between $ 500000 to 9999, then for the first 0000 down payment to be made @ 5% and @ 10% for the rest amount above $ 500000.

C.  Buyer of the home needs to pay down payment @ 20% of the home price if the price of the home is above 00000.

Insurance on down payment

This is a security measure for the lender and this will give safety to the lenders in case the buyer defaults. In Canada such mortgage default insurance is mandatory for those who are making down payment less than 20% of the home price. This type of mortgage is known as high ratio mortgage. While down payment mortgage is made higher than 20% of the home price, then it is said as conventional mortgage. At present, as per survey it can be noticed that home buyers are opting for 20 percent down payment to avoid having such default insurance. Nearly 30 percent home buyers are planning to opt for making down payment @ 20% or more.

Influences of down payment

Depending on the amount of down payment, you can calculate the purchase price of the home. Minimum down payment in Canada is 5% and here you can easily calculate the home price. Here you can do the calculation on your own. Just you need to divide the down payment amount by 5% and you will get the home price approximately.

The down payment is a deciding factor for the

  • Shape  of the House to buy
  • Size of the mortgage along with Monthly payment structure.
  • The amount of CMHC insurance

If the down payment amount is more then it will reduce the size of the mortgage. Again, the amount of mortgage insurance will vary depending on the amount of down payment to buy the house.

In many ways you can arrange the funds to be paid as mortgage down payment. If you want to follow Traditional sources then you can use saving amount, amount sourced from selling of stocks, bonds or even personal property. You can seek the assistance and support of immediate family, for funding.

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