Portfolio Lender
A lender that holds the loans it originates in its portfolio rather than selling them.
Popular Mortgage Terms
A multi-lender Web site that offered borrowers the capacity to shop among multiple competing lenders. ...
Compiling and maintaining the file of information about the transaction, including the credit report, appraisal, verification of employment and assets, and so on. Mortgage brokers usually ...
A payment made after the grace period stipulated in the note, usually 10-15 days. ...
A mortgage on which the payment rises by a constant percent for a specified number of periods, after which it becomes fully-amortizing. ...
The sum of all interest payments to date or over the life of the loan. This is not a good measure of the cost of credit to the borrower because it does not include upfront cash payments and ...
A provision of a loan contract stipulating that if the property is sold the loan balance must be repaid. A mortgage containing a due-on-sale clause is not assumable. This prevents a home ...
In connection with a home, the value of the home less the balance of outstanding mortgage loans on the home. ...
A mortgage broker who sets a fee for services, in writing, at the outset of the transaction and acts as the borrower's agent in shopping for the best deal. Customers of UMBs pay the ...
A reverse mortgage program administered by FHA. ...

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