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Mortgage

The business of lending money for the purchase of real property which is repayed in security interest.

Contributors in Mortgage

Mortgage

Qualification requirements

Banking; Mortgage

Standards imposed by lenders as conditions for granting loans, including maximum ratios of housing expense and total expense to income, maximum loan amounts, maximum loan-to-value ratios, and so on.

Processing

Banking; Mortgage

Compiling and maintaining the file of information about a mortgage transaction, including the credit report, appraisal, verification of employment and assets, and so on.

Qualification

Banking; Mortgage

The process of determining whether a prospective borrower has the ability, meaning sufficient assets and income, to repay a loan.

Portfolio lender

Banking; Mortgage

A lender that holds the loans it originates in its portfolio rather than selling them, as a temporary lender does.

Rate protection

Banking; Mortgage

Protection for a borrower against the danger that rates will rise between the time the borrower applies for a loan and the time the loan closes.

Posted prices

Banking; Mortgage

The mortgage prices delivered by lenders to loan officers and mortgage brokers, as opposed to the final prices paid by borrowers.

Qualification rate

Banking; Mortgage

The interest rate used in calculating the initial mortgage payment in qualifying a borrower.

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