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A
Abstract of title
Acceleration clause
Accrued interest
Adjustable rate
Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
Adjustment interval
Agent
Agreement of sale
Alternative documentation
Amortization
Amortization re-cast limitation
Amortization re-cast period
Annual percentage rate (APR)
Application
Application fee
Appraisal
Appraisal fee
APR
ARM
ARM assumbility
ARM disclosure
ARM handbook
Assessment
Asset
Assignment
Assumability
Assumption
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B
Balance sheet
Bank check
Bankruptcy
Basis point
Bearer
Bequest
Bill of sale
Biweekly mortgage
Bona fide
Bond
Borrower (Mortgagor)
Broker
Buy-down
Buyer’s broker
Buyer’s market
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C
Call option
Caps
Caps (Payment)
Cash-out
Cashier’s check (or bank check)
CC&Rs;
Ceiling
Certificate of eligibility
Certificate of occupancy
Certificate of reasonable value (CRV)
Certificate of title
Certificate of veteran status
Certified check
CFPB
Chain of title
Clear title
Closing (or settlement)
Closing costs
Closing statement
Cloud on title
CLTV
COFI
Collateral
Combined loan-to-value (CLTV)
Commission
Commitment
Condominium
Conforming loan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Contingency
Contract of sale
Conventional loan
Conversion clause
Conversion option
Convertible ARMs
Conveyance
Cost of funds index (COFI)
Covenants, conditions and restrictions
Credit report
Credit risk
CRV
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D
Debt-to-income ratio
Deed
Deed of trust
Default
Deferred interest
Delinquency
Deposit
Depreciation
Discount points (or Points)
Documentary stamps
Down payment
Due-on-sale clause
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E
Earnest money
ECOA
Effective interest rate
Encumbrance
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)
Equity
Equity loan
Escrow
Escrow account
Escrow waiver
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F
Fair Housing Act
Fannie Mae
Farmer’s Home Administration
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Reserve
Fee simple
FHA
FHA Loan
FHAct
FHLMC
FIAR
First mortgage
Fixed rate
Fixed-rate mortgage
Flood insurance
Floor
Floor (Interest – ARM)
FMHA
FNMA
Forbearance
Foreclosure (or repossession)
Freddie Mac
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G
Ginnie Mae
GNMA
Good faith estimate
Government National Mortgage Association
GPM
Grace period
Graduated Payment Mortgage
Gross
Gross income
Gross monthly income
Guarantee
Guaranty
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H
Hazard insurance
Home equity loan
Homeowners warranty
Housing and Urban Development
Housing code
Housing expense-to-income ratio
HUD
HUD-I settlement statement
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I
Impound (or reserves)
Impound account
Index
Index (ARM)
Initial rate
Insolvency
Interest
Interest rate
Interest rate cap
Interest rate change date
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J
Joint liability
Joint tenancy
Jumbo loan
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L
Late charge
Lender
Lien
Life cap (Interest)
Loan administration
Loan application
Loan application fee
Loan origination fee
Loan servicing
Loan to value ratio (LTV)
Lock or lock-in
London Interbank Offered Rate
LTV
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M
Margin
Market rate
Market value
Marketable title
MIP (Mortgage insurance premium)
Monthly housing expense
Mortgage
Mortgage banker
Mortgage broker
Mortgage loan
Mortgage note
Mortgagee
Mortgagor
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N
Negative amortization
Net
Net effective income
Non-assumption clause
Non-conforming loan
Non-dischargeable debt
Note
Notice of default
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O
Office of Comptroller Currency
Origination fee
Owner financing
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P
Payment cap
Payment cap (ARM)
Payment change date
Per diem interest
Periodic interest cap
Permanent loan
PITI
PMI
Points (or Discount points)
Power of attorney
Pre-payment penalty
Prepaid expenses
Prepaid interest
Prepayment
Prequalification
Primary mortgage market
Prime rate
Principal
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Profit and loss statement
Property tax
Purchase agreement
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Q
Qualifying rate
Qualifying ratio
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R
Real Estate Agent
Real estate broker
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
Real property
Reclamation
Reconveyance
Recording
Recording fee
Refinancing
Rent with option to buy
Repossession (or foreclosure)
Rescission
Reserves
RESPA
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S
Sale agreement
Satisfaction
Second mortgage
Secondary mortgage market
Seller’s broker
Seller’s market
Servicing (or Loan administration)
Settlement (or Closing)
Settlement cost (HUD guide)
Settlement costs
Settlement sheet (HUD-1)
Simple interest
Start rate
Subsidized second mortgage
Survey
Sweat equity
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T
Tax impound
Tax lien
Tax sale
Term
Title
Title company
Title insurance
Title search
Transfer tax
Trust account
Trustee
Truth-in-Lending Act
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U
Underwriting
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V
VA Loan
Variable rate
Variable rate mortgage
Verification of deposit (VOD)
Verification of employment (VOE)
VOD
VOE
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W
Waiver
Walk-through
Warehouse fee
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Z
Zoning ordinances
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