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JohnB5677
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What is mortgage insurance? Is it the same as home insurance?

No, quite the contrary.  Mortgage insurance (PMI) is to protect the bank in case you default on the mortgage.  You will pay Mortgage Insurance until you reduce your mortgage to 80% of what the property is worth.

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What is mortgage insurance? Is it the same as home insurance?

It will be on your 1098 form as either MIP or  PMI . 

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