Mortgage indemnity - A mortgage indemnity allows a mortgage lender to recover the costs incurred from a repossession by pursuing the former owner for the difference between a) what the property was sold for and b) what the former owner still owes under the mortgage.In effect, if you are unable to pay your mortgage, and your property is repossessed and sold, the lender can still chase you for a shortfall if the amount raised by the sale doesn"t cover your debt.Some mortgage companies have insisted that borrowers take out an insurance policy to cover the potential liability - know as a mortgage indemnity guarantee. MIGs are most common where the deposit being put down by the mortgagor is less than 10% of the borrowed amount. Typically a MIG will add £1,600 to the cost of a £100,000 mortgage.MIGs have come in for a lot of bad publicity, and are not as common now as they used to be. Some lenders have abandoned them altogether.
Mortgage indemnity : a mortgage indemnity allows a mortgage lender to recover the costs incurred from a repossession by pursuing the former owner for the difference between a) what the property was sold for and b) what the former owner still owes under the mortgage.in effect, if you are unable to pay your mortgage, and your property is repossessed and sold, the lender can still chase you for a shortfall if the amount raised by the sale doesn"t cover your debt.some mortgage companies have insisted that borrowers take out an insurance policy to cover the potential liability - know as a mortgage indemnity guarantee. migs are most common where the deposit being put down by the mortgagor is less than 10% of the borrowed amount. typically a mig will add £1,600 to the cost of a £100,000 mortgage.migs have come in for a lot of bad publicity, and are not as common now as they used to be. some lenders have abandoned them altogether.