I just heard recently that if you refinance and your house appraises at 20% more than the amount owed, you can remove PMI. Is this correct? Getting a divorce and trying to keep the house but moving from a VA to a traditional loan and would rather not pay PMI if I don’t have to. House was purchased for $460k no money down (VA loan), refinanced at $450k to lower payments $400/month, now have $430k left on the loan... would it have to appraise for $516k?

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Once your loan to value (LTV) ratio becomes less than 80% you can stop paying PMI.

If you are planning to refi, you want the new appraised value to be anything above $537,500 for the loan amount of $430,000.

Good luck.

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Yes, if your house appraises high enough during the refi you won’t have to pay pmi. Depending on how much the house appraises for, you can probably put some extra money in during the refi to bring the LTV under 80 percent to avoid the pmi.

When you say, "just heard .." are you implying that you were made aware of this feature (which has been the norm for at least 15 years or so) or you think this is a new rule that lenders are enforcing now?

Yes, you need your LTV to be lower than 80% (most lenders consider 78%) for your PMI to be removed.

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