test2 Flashcards
The loan to value ratio is ____
the percentage of value or sales price that a lender is willing to finance, whichever is lower
The principle of ____ is influenced by the cost of acquiring a substitute or comparable item.
Substitution
The presence of higher priced properties causing an increase in a subject property is called ____.
Principle of progression
What does demand, utility, scarcity, and transferability all have in common?
They are the characteristics of value of real estate
An appraiser must be aware of ____.
Market cycles, economic forces, and political actions
The appraisal method that is most commonly used as the best indicator of value for existing properties is ____.
The sales comparison approach
____ is the loss of desirability of the style, layout, or function of an element of a property over time.
Functional obsolescence
External obsolescence is what?
depreciation based on factors outside of the property
Which federal law prohibits discrimination in any aspect of a credit transaction?
equal credit opportunity act
The secondary market is funded by ____.
Investors
The organization that has been most influential in addressing regional imbalances of mortgage credit availability and in the standardization in mortgage loans is ____.
Fannie Mae
Which of the following are benefits of the pre approval process?
all of the above
What is true about the LE?
the LE form must be given to the borrower at loan application or within three business days of loan application)
The type of loan that covers more than one piece of property and is likely to contain a release cause is ____.
A blanket mortgage
Which type of mortgage plan includes a monthly payment of principle and interest, plus 1/12 of the annual taxes and 1/12 of the annual insurance?
budget mortgage
Where would you expect to find PMI?
on a high LTV conventional loan
What is the most significant difference between MIP and PMI?
MIP insures the whole amount whereas PMI only insures the lenders risk)
Which of the following governmental rights is the right to regulate and control the way land is used?
Police power
Eminent domain is ____.
The right of the government to take private land for public use
____ occurs when a landowner sues the government in order to force the government to buy his or her land.
Inverse condemnation
Tax rates can be per hundred or per thousand, called ____.
Mills
Which of the following agencies is not granted authority for cleanup up of hazardous substances under CERCLA?
Property owner associations
The CCIM is widely considered the “gold standard” in designations relating to which real estate sector?
Commercial
A ____ is one in which a property with the consent of a lender is sold by an owner or borrower at a price that is not sufficient to pay off the existing mortgage.
short sale)
A sponsoring broker must
all of the above