Chapter 15 - Real Estate Financing Principles Flashcards
The clause in a mortgage or trust deed or note that can be enforced to make the entire amount of principal and interest due immediately if the mortgagor defaults on an installment payment or other covenant.
acceleration clause
A mortgage loan in which the interest rate may increase or decrease at specified intervals over the life of the loan.
adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
The clause in a mortgage or deed of trust stating that the balance of the secured debt becomes immediately due and payable at the mortgagee’s option if the property is sold by the mortgagor. In effect, this clause prevents the mortgagor from assigning the debt without the mortgagee’s approval; also called a due-on-sale clause.
alienation clause
The mortgagor pays a constant amount, usually monthly. The lender credits each payment first to the interest owed and the balance it applied to reduce the principal. At the end of the term (usually 15 or 30 years) the principal and interest is zero.
amortized loan
The process of electronically evaluating a loan application, assessing a borrower’s ability to repay, and subsequently providing a recommendation for or against loan approval.
automated underwriting
A final payment of a mortgage loan that is considerably larger than the required periodic payments because the loan amount was not fully amortized.
balloon payment
A loan that calls for 26 half-month payments a year, resulting in an earlier loan retirement date and lower total interest costs than with typical fully amortized loan.
biweekly payment plan
A mortgage covering more that one parcel of real estate, providing for each parcel’s partial release from the mortgage lien on repayment of a definite portion of the debt.
blanket mortgage
A mortgage on which a cash payment, usually measured in points, has been made to the lender to reduce the interest rate a borrower must pay; usually ‘bought down’ for the first two or three years of the loan.
buydown mortgage
A computer network tied into a major lender that allows agents across the country to initiate mortgage loan applications in their own offices.
computerized loan origination (CLO)
See interim financing.
construction loan
A contract for the sale of real estate wherein the purchase price is paid in periodic installments by the purchaser, who is in possession of the property even though title is retained by the seller until final payment. Also called an installment contract, land contract, or contract of sale.
contract for deed
A loan that is not insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the VA.
conventional loan
A deed given by the mortgagor to the mortgagee when the mortgagor is in default under the terms of the mortgage. This is a way for the mortgagor to avoid foreclosure.
deed in lieu of foreclosure
An instrument used to create a mortgage lien by which the mortgagor (borrower) conveys title to a trustee, who holds it as security for the benefit of the lender (beneficiary); also called a trust deed.
deed of trust
A provision in leases and mortgages that cancels a specified right on the occurrence of a certain condition, such as cancellation of a mortgage on repayment of the mortgage loan.
defeasance clause
A personal judgment levied against the mortgagor when a foreclosure sale does not produce sufficient funds to pay the mortgage debt in full.
deficiency judgment
An added fee charged by a lender to make the yield on a lower-than-market-value loan competitive with higher-interest-rate loans.
discount points
A line of credit made against the equity in the borrower’s home.
equity loan
A privately owned corporation that participates in the secondary market by buying conventional, FHA, and VA loans, Formerly the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).
Fannie Mae
An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that makes and guarantees loans and provides credit counseling and supervision to farmers and ranchers who are temporarily unable to obtain private, commercial credit.
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
A secondary market for farm real estate loans; the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
Farmer Mac
A central banking system designed to manage the nation’s economy; “the Fed.”
Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”)
A loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration and made by an approved lender in accordance with FHA regulations.
FHA loan
A payment plan in which a mortgagor makes lower monthly payments for the first few years of a loan and larger payments for the remainder of the term.
flexible-payment loan
A legal procedure whereby property used as security for a debt is sold to satisfy the debt in the event of default in payment of the mortgage note or default of other terms in the mortgage document.
foreclosure
A corporation established to purchase primarily conventional mortgage loans in the secondary mortgage market. Chartered as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)
Freddie Mac