Always try conventional financing first. FHA will always charge an upfront mortgage insurance premium that could be avoided with conventional financing.
With a 20% downpayment, there's a good chance that you can qualify for conventional financing, even with weak credit.
FHA loans MUST be run through the FHA underwriting system first under every circumstance. Once that's been done, it's a 5-minute change process to convert it to conventional, and costs nothing extra. And you can start conventional and convert to FHA as well, same deal.
FHA loans pay brokers more than comparable conventional loans, in most cases. That's one factor that might be in play here. FHA is very lenient on credit, so that isn't a bad choice either, if that's what you can get. Any FHA rate offered in excess of 6.5% means you need to find a new, non-greedy broker.
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