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What is Mortgage Refinancing?

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Keywords: interest rate, refinancing, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM), fixed-rate mortgage, Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), "re-fi", mortgage refinancing,

What is a Balloon Loan?

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Keywords: reset provision, two-step mortgage, lump sum payment, refinancing risk,

What is a Balloon Payment?

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Keywords: interest rates, debt, loans, reset provision, installment payments, loan refinancing, loan term,

What is Cash-Flow Financing?

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Keywords: cash flow, cycles, inventory, EV/EBITDA, financing, asset-backed loan, senior stretch loan, over-advance loan, collateral, loan refinancing, business cycle,

What is Mortgage Modification?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, loan refinancing, Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), mortgage refinancing, financial hardship, mortgage modification,

What is Appraisal?

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Keywords: valuation, mortgages, refinancing, appraisal, home inspector, real estate closing, second mortgage, lines of credit, home equity loans, property value,

What is Accounts Receivable Financing?

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Keywords: accounts receivable, inventory, financing, over-advance loan, payday-advance loans, factoring companies, debt collections, payment date,

What should I look for in a good Mortgage Calculator?

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Keywords: financial calculators, mortgage payments, balloon payment, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM), mortgage refinancing,

What Does Debt Financing Mean?

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Keywords: interest rates, leverage, bonds, debt, commercial paper, private investors, promissory notes, debt financing,

What are Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)?

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Keywords: volatility, bond, interest rate, mortgages, refinancing, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO),

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 an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?

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Keywords: refinancing, mortgage loans, variable loan rate, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM), mortgage refinancing,

What is the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP)?

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Keywords: mortgage, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), underwater, upside-down loan, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP),

What is commodity paper?

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Keywords: financing, warehousing costs, soft asset,

What is Off-Balance-Sheet-Financing?

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Keywords: balance sheet, debt-to-equity, liability, off-balance sheet financing, joint venture,

What is the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA)?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, underwater, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs),

What is Accounts Receivable for Accounting?

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Keywords: accounting, financing, invoices, general ledger, accounting records,

What is Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Ledger?

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Keywords: accounts receivable, financing, general ledger, subsidiary ledger, control account, sub-ledger, sub-account, credit sales,

What is a Mortgage Subsidy Bond?

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Keywords: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), municipal bonds, subsidiaries, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs), Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980, activity bonds,

What is the Debt to Capital Ratio?

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Keywords: leverage, equity, debt, shareholder's equity, ratios, financing, debt financing, debt-to-capital ratio,

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