Unit 16 - Real Estate Financing: Practice Flashcards

1
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The real estate financing market has these basic components

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Government Influences
Primary Mortgage market
Secondary mortgage market

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2
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The federal reserve

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Maintains sound credit conditions
Helps inflation and deflation
Creates a favorable economy

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3
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The fed requires

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That each member bank keep a certain level of assets on hand

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4
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Define Primary Rate

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The short term interest rate charged to a banks largest, most credit worthy customers

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5
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Define a Primary Mortgage Market

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Made up of the lenders that originate mortgage loans

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6
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Income on a loan is realized from

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Finance charges

Recurring income

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7
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Servicing loans involves

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Collecting payments
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Processing payments

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8
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Some of the major lenders in the primary market include

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Thrifts
Savings associations
Commercial banks
Insurance companies
Credit unions
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9
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Define the Federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008

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Requires that each individual state must license and register mortgage loan originators (MLO’s)

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10
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Define the Secondary Mortgage Market

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Where various agencies purchase existing mortgage from banks and savings associations

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11
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Define Fanie Mae

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A government sponsored enterprise that provides a secondary for morgage loans

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12
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Define Ginnie Mae

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Administers special assistant programs and guarantees mortgage backed securities using FHA & VA collateral

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13
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Define Freddie Mac

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A government sponsored enterprise that provides secondary market primarily for conventional loans

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14
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Define a Straight Loan

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A nonamortized loan that essentially divides that loan into two amounts to be paid off separately

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15
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Define Amortized Loan

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A loan in which the payment partially pays off both principle and interest

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16
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Define a Fully Amlrtized Loan

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A loan in which the mortgagor pays a constant amount usually monthly

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17
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Define an Adjustable Rate Mortgage

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A mortgage that generally originate at one rate of interest then fluctuate up or down during the loan term

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18
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What are the common components of an adjustable rate mortgage

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An index
Rate caps
Payment cap
Adjustment period 
Conversion option
19
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Define a Balloon Payment

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When the final payment in a loan is larger than the others

20
Q

Define a Growing Equity Mortgage

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A mortgage that uses a fixed interest rate, but payments of principle are increased according to an index

21
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Define a Reverse Mortgage

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A mortgage that allows people age 62 or older to borrow money against equity they’ve built in their home

22
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Define a Non Recourse Loan

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A loan is one in which the borrow is not held personally responsible for the loan

23
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Mortgage loans are classified based on their

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Loan to value ratio

24
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Define a Loan To Value Ratio (LVT)

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The ratio of debt to value of the property

25
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Define a Conventional Loan

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A loan in which the LTV ratios are the lowest

26
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The key element in qualifying for a conventional loan is the borrowers

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Creditworthiness

27
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One way a borrower can obtain a mortgage loan with a lower down payment is by obtaining

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Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)

28
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Define Private Mortgage Insurance

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An insurance policy that provides the lender funds in the event the borrow defaults on the loan

29
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Define an FHA loan

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Refers to a loan that is insured by the Federal Housing Administration

30
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FHA loans charge the borrow

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Mortgage Insurance Premiums (MIP)

31
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Define a VA Loan

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A loan guaranteed by the Department of Veteran Affairs

32
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For the property being purchased, the VA issues a

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Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV)

33
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Define Purchase Money Mortgage

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A note and mortgage created at the time of purchase when the seller agrees to finance or part of the purchase price

34
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Define Package Loans

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A loan that includes real and personal property

35
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Define Blanket Loans

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A loan that covers more that one parcel or lot, usually used to finance subdivisions

36
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Define Wraparound Loans

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A loan thag enables a borrower with an existing mortgage to obtain financing from an additional lender

37
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Define an Open End Loan

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A loan that secures a note executed by the borrower to the lender

38
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Define a Construction Loan

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A loan made to finance the construction of improvements on real estate

39
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Define a Sale-Leaseback Arrangement

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An arrangement used to finance large commercial properties

40
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Define a buy down

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A way to temporarily lower the initial interest rate on a mortgage

41
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Define a Home Equity Loan

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A loan that provides a source of funds using the equity built up in a home

42
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Define the Truth in Lending Act

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Also referred as Regularion Z, requires that credit institutions inform borrows of all finance charges and interest rate before the loan is completed

43
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Define the Equal Credit Opportunity Act

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An act that prohibits lenders from discriminating against applicants based on color, race, religion, sex and national origin

44
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Define the Real Estate Procedures Act (RESPA)

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An act that applies to any residential real estate transaction involving a new first mortgage loan