Chapter 7 - Intro To Mortgage Law Flashcards
How does providing a lender with the duplicate certificate of title provide security?
Once the duplicate certificate of title is taken out of the Land Title Office, the registrar will refuse to register certain subsequent dealings with the land in question such as transfer, mortgage, or long term lease until it is returned to the registrar for cancellation.
An Equitable mortgage
It is transfer of equity in property as security for a debt. An equitable mortgage does not always have to be the first mortgage on title - it can be any mortgage registered on title.
A foreclosure is what type of action?
Foreclosure is a legal action taken by a mortgagee to realize on it’s security, by reason of the mortgagors default on the mortgage.
The principle that a borrower cannot be prevented by the terms of the mortgage from eventually redeeming his property free from the conditions contained in the mortgage is known as the Prohibition Against Clogging
A mortgage is a document evidencing a debt owed by the MORTGAGOR to the MORTGAGEE.
A Mortgage is a CONTRACT. Has terms and conditions, like Clauses.
— if something in the contract/mortgage is BLOCKING your ability to REDEEM the EQUITY OF REDEMPTION is VOID.
Registration in the LAND TITLE OFFICE transfers the MORTGAGOR (land owners) interest in the land to the MORTGAGEE (bank).
In BC, if a collateral advantage was intended to be a term of the mortgage, it will be VOID if it continues after redemption.
A NOVATION refers to a creditor’s acceptance of a third party in place of the debtor so that the third party becomes the debtor and the original debtor is released by the creditor from having to pay off the debt.
What is an indemnity clause?
An INDEMNITY CLAUSE requires an amount equal to 3 months interest to be paid where the lender has had to recover the loan after default. While INDEMNITY clauses are commonly found in many mortgages, they are unenforceable according to the Interest Act.
What is a reverse annuity mortgage?
A reverse annuity mortgage occurs when the lender makes periodic payments to the borrower during the loan term. At the end of the term, the borrower will have to repay the balance owing by refinancing or selling the property.
Under contract law principles (the doctrine of privity of contract) it would not be possible for a lender to sue a purchaser who assumes a vendor’s mortgage because the purchaser assuming the mortgage was not a party to the original agreement.
However, the Property Law Act allow ms lender to sue the purchaser directly to recover the debt where the purchaser is obligated to indemnify the vendor.
What is an acceleration clause?
Express Term in mortgage.
An acceleration clause allows the lender, upon the borrowers default, to demand payment in full of the outstanding balance on the mortgage even if the mortgage has not yet matured.
Although the Mortgage Broker Act regulates persons who deal in mortgages within the province, it is the Criminal Code that contains various sections against theft and fraud related to mortgage transactions
What is vendor take back mortgage?
vendor take back mortgage is a mortgage taken back from the purchaser to facilitate a sale, whereby the vendor becomes the mortgagee and the purchaser the MORTGAGOR.
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What is an assumable mortgage?
Assumable mortgage allows a purchaser to assume or take over the responsibilities and liabilities under the mortgage from the vendor.
What is another name for the mortgagee?
Another name for the mortgagee is LENDER.
Equity of redemption is a MORTGAGORS right to repay the mortgage.
After Borrower has given a mortgage of real property, the Borrowers remaining interest is known as:
THE EQUITY OF REDEMPTION
After the contractual right (Ex. TERM OF 5 Years), Term is shorter than Amortization (25years). You still have the Equitable RIGHT to REDEEM. REMEMBER THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE TERM LENGTH.
After 1st LEGAL MORTGAGE, all other mortgages are known as EQUITABLE MORTGAGE
— you can pay off and go to another lender because they are giving better deal.
What is a guarantor?
A guarantor is someone who becomes contingently or secondarily liable for another’s debt or performance.
What is another name for the MORTGAGOR?
Borrower
What is an agreement for sale and how it is registered?
An agreement for sale is a contract by which the owner of land (vendor) agrees to sell land to another (purchaser). The vendor grants the purchaser immediate possession of the property in exchange for purchasers promise to pay the purchase price by instalments over a period of time. The purchaser’s interest is registered in the Land Title Office as a charge against the vendor’s certificate of title, as the registered owner until the final payment is made.
Which statute dealing with interest rates contains provisions allowing court to intervene where the cost of the loan is excessive and the transaction is harsh and unconscionable?
1) the Interest Act
2) the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act
3) the Criminal Code
4) The Mortgage Broker Act
) the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act
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What is a Mortgage?
It is a security for the loan. It is evidence of the loan.
Loan = Debt
Mortgage = Contract = Security. This creates an interest in land.
A mortgage is a security for the loan that the lender gives to the borrower. It is evidence of a loan
The Borrower gives an “interest in land” to the lender.
When paid off Borrower can request a redemption from lender. Ex. Take back interest in land.
Lenders who hold a mortgage as a charge on otherwise clear title to a borrowers land have:
— AN INTEREST IN LAND CREATED BY CONTRACT
If Mortgage Obligation repaid
Mortgage interest in land is “discharged”
Do we have to register Mortgage on title
No. You can have unregistered mortgage. It’s better to register to show the Lender has a Mortgage (loan)
However, Lender is the “registered owner” i.e interest in land (charge)
Registration of Mortgages
Not guaranteed under BC Registration system (Torrens). Registered mortgages does not extend principle of indefeasibility
Only indicates Rebuttable presumption mortgage is valid.