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• MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM (MIP)
  
  One-half percent that borrowers pay each month on FHA insured mortgage loans. It is insurance from FHA to the lender against incurring a loss on account of the borrower's default. On September 1, 1983, the MIP was changed to a one-time charge to the borrowers.
  
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