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How To Save $1600 and Mortgage Rate Update
September 12th, 2008 categories: Home Inspection Tips, Mortgage Rate Watch, News on Interest Rates
We recently had a Uniform Mitigation Inspection Report done on our home and were told by our insurance company that our insurance premium will be reduced by $1,600 per year due to certain construction features of our home of which they were unaware. If you have not done so already, I would suggest that you contact your insurance agent or company to find out what level of discount is available to you for certain construction features, such as:
- Hurricane protection on all of your windows and exterior doors, such as shutters or impact resistance windows and garage doors
- A hip roof (sloped on all sides like a pyramid)
- Roof to wall connections that are installed with hurricane clips/straps. Discounts will vary depending on the type of connection such as toe nail, clips, single wraps or double wraps.
- Florida Building Code-approved roof covering. Discounts will vary depending on the type of covering such as asphalt, tile or metal and the length of the nails used.
I hope you can benefit from this program as well, administered by the Florida Department of Financial Services. We spent $150 on the inspection and will be receiving a $1,600 reduction in our annual insurance premium. Tim Glisson of Glisson Inspection Services performed our inspection, and he can be reached at 813-625-1400 if you have questions.
Mortgage Rates Update
On another note fixed mortgage rates have dipped into the 5’s again as a result of the FNMA and FHLMC bailout. If you are currently in an ARM or a rate above 6.25%, please call me so that we can evaluate whether a refinance would be beneficial to you.
Mark Mathiason “Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist”
Mortgage Corporation of America
213 South Howard Tampa, FL 33606
(813) 874-9110 x201
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