When you’re buying a house, the most you’re able to finance on a purchase (of a primary residence) is 95% of the property value, even if you are qualified for a higher mortgage amount. So we can’t add any more money on to the loan…even if we really, really want to.

If you have other debt you’d like to clear up using your mortgage, we can talk about whether or not getting cashback would be a good idea.

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