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Major Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) OptionsBankrate's Amy Buttell Crane explains that there are three options when you cannot pay 20% of home price as downpayment. Obviously, piggyback loan is usually a better (read: cheaper) option than the other two. From Bankrate:
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