My wife and I just bought our first house. Within a week after closing, we found out that you can use your IRA toward a first-time home purchase, and each person can withdraw $10,000 toward "qualified acquisition costs." We have an 80-10-10 mortgage (80% from the first mortgage, 10% second mortgage, 10% down). Can each of use withdraw $10,000 from our IRAs without paying a penalty if we put the money toward paying off the second mortgage?
Good idea, but the answer is no. You can't take an IRA distribution to pay off any mortgage, regardless of whether it's a first or a second loan.
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