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What is Freddie Mac?

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Keywords: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, banking institutions, Great Depression, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,

What is a Mortgagee?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, subprime meltdown, mortgage loans, mortgage bubble, mortgagee, loan officer, loan underwriting, mortgagor, mortgage companies,

What is a Mortgagor?

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Keywords: mortgage, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM), fixed-rate mortgage, variable-rate mortgage, mortgagee,

What is a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)?

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Keywords: mortgage loans, debt consolidation, home equity, balloon payment, Fixed-Rate Home Equity Loan, Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), home equity loans, home loans,

What is Accelerated Amortization?

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Keywords: annuities, bonds, amortization, depreciation, prepayment, intangible assets, tangible assets, mortgage loans, adjusted earnings, tax deductions,

What is Homeowners Insurance?

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Keywords: insurance, property insurance, identity theft, home equity loans, fire, flood, theft, home loans,

What is Appraisal Fraud?

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Keywords: mortgage loans, lines of credit, consumer protection, real estate appraisal, real estate agents, home equity loans,

What is a Home Equity Loan?

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Keywords: mortgage, Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), fixed-rate interest payments, college funding, home equity loans,

What is a Mortgage Company?

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Keywords: 2008, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, subprime meltdown, mortgage loans, mortgage brokers,

What is the Federal Home Loan Bank Act?

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Keywords: treasuries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), mortgage lending market,

What is a Home, Legally-Speaking?

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Keywords: mortgage loans, resident agent, residential real estate, American ex-pats, FEMA, statutory residence, primary residence, secondary residence,

What is a Jumbo Loan?

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Keywords: interest rates, mortgage, securitized, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, credit score, mortgage loans, jumbo mortgages,

What is Housing Expense Ratio?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage loans, bad debt, mortgage lending market, home mortgage lending, housing expense ratio,

What is a Mortgage Broker?

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Keywords: mortgage, mortgage loans, lenders, loan underwriting, mortgage brokers,

What is a Reverse Mortgage?

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Keywords: home equity, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), senior citizens, reverse mortgage,

What is a Home Debtor?

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Keywords: banking, mortgages, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), mortgage loans, home equity, underwater, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), Emergency Economic Stabilization Act,

What is the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)?

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Keywords: consumer protection, Great Depression, FDIC, FHLBB, Savings and Loan Crisis, thrift savings and loan association,

What is a Home Mortgage?

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Keywords: notional principal, refinancing, float, mortgage, collateral, home equity, fixed-rate mortgage, Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI), mortgage refinancing, principal loan amount, fixed rate, floating rate,

What is a Mortgage Equity Withdrawal?

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Keywords: reverse mortgage, Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), home equity loans,

What is a No-Fee Mortgage?

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Keywords: real estate closing attorneys, home inspector, no-cost mortgage,

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