The Federal Housing Administration will charge borrowers higher mortgage insurance premiums on new FHA loans starting next week. If you are planning on getting an FHA loan in coming days, make sure your lender gets a case number from the FHA before Monday to avoid the higher fee. Lenders normally can get the case number assigned to the loan once the borrower applies for the mortgage. But if they are overwhelmed with applications, they may not get to it in time, says Cameron Findlay, director at Discover Home Loans. The annual fee on most FHA loans will increase by 0.1...
