I've had similar experiences, but honestly, I think timing still plays a bigger role than you're giving it credit for. A few years back, I tried negot...

Totally get that psychological boost you're talking about. For me, it was similar: - PMI wasn't a huge chunk each month, but seeing it vanish felt li...

From my experience, the 20% equity mark is usually tossed around as the magic number for ditching mortgage insurance, but honestly, it's not always th...