• variable-rate mortgage, adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM), or tracker mortgage is a mortgage loan with the interest rate on the note periodically adjusted based...
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    forms of mortgage loans include interest only mortgage, graduated payment mortgage, variable rate mortgage (including adjustable-rate mortgages and tracker...
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    Percentage Rate and stating how and when payments change in variable rate mortgages. Bridge financing Financing Fixed rate mortgage Adjustable-rate mortgage Mortgage...
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  • rates on adjustable rate loans; payment of taxes and insurance from borrower escrow accounts; negotiations of workouts and modifications of mortgage upon...
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    loans are the fixed rate mortgage (FRM) and adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) (also known as a floating rate or variable rate mortgage). In some countries...
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  • floating interest rate, also known as a variable or adjustable rate, refers to any type of debt instrument, such as a loan, bond, mortgage, or credit, that...
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  • end of the period; some adjustable-rate mortgages do not need to be refinanced, and the interest rate is automatically adjusted at the end of the applicable...
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    prices fell, and adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) interest rates reset higher. As housing prices fell, global investor demand for mortgage-related securities...
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  • referral. Subprime mortgage crisis Loan sale Mortgage loan Fixed-rate mortgage Adjustable-rate mortgage VA loan FHA insured loan Mortgage packagers "About...
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  • rate with adjusting payments is a Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM) a floating interest rate and payment amount indicates an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)...
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    For an adjustable-rate mortgage the APR will also depend on the particular assumption regarding the prospective trajectory of the index rate. The calculation...
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  • initial mortgage payments, many subprime borrowers took out adjustable-rate mortgages (or ARMs) that give them a lower initial interest rate. But with...
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    loans, meanwhile, gain low-risk income at a higher interest rate (essentially the mortgage rate, minus the cuts of the bank and GSE) than they could gain...
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    diversify and become more profitable. This included issuance of adjustable-rate mortgages and permission to enter into commercial real estate lending. Lower...
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  • turn is used as a base for calculating variable rate loans. The interest rate on an adjustable rate mortgage, for example, is often linked to a regional COFI...
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    mortgage product type, from traditional, amortizing, fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) to nontraditional, structurally riskier, nonamortizing, adjustable-rate...
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  • forms: interest rate risk, default risk, and prepayment risk. There is a risk to the lender that the rate on an adjustable-rate mortgage may decrease. If...
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  • re modify the loan term, interest rate. Adjustable rate mortgage or ARM - A mortgage where the interest rate adjusts relative to a specified index + margin...
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  • to offer the teaser rate to such consumers. Adjustable-rate mortgage Trojan horse (business) US mortgage terminology The complete idiot's guide to managing...
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  • original amortization schedule for fixed-rate loans and the current amortization schedule for adjustable-rate mortgages. BPMI can, under certain circumstances...
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    subprime mortgage crisis, which occurred due to a high default rate and resulting foreclosures of mortgage loans, particularly adjustable-rate mortgages. Some...
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    prime rate, the Journal publishes a new prime rate. The prime rate is used often as an index in calculating rate changes to adjustable rate mortgages (ARM)...
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    loans today are mostly straight adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), meaning that they are fixed for a certain period and adjust every time that period has elapsed;...
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    deregulated savings and loan associations and allowed banks to provide adjustable-rate mortgage loans. It is disputed whether the act was a mitigating or contributing...
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  • also be required for property bought with an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) with a variable escalating rate charged annually through the duration of the...
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    (Singapore Overnight Rate Average). Adjustable-rate mortgage Fixed-rate mortgage Singapore Swap Offer Rate (SOR) Euribor TIBOR Prime rate TED spread LIBOR-OIS...
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  • "Information on Reverse Mortgages". AARP. 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-20(j). "Sample HECM Adjustable-Rate Note" (PDF). See Home Equity Conversion Mortgages Monthly Report...
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  • slightly higher interest rate. Combined with little or no down payment, the adjustable rate (ARM) variety of interest-only mortgages are sometimes indicative...
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    merge and set any interest rate). The Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (allowing Adjustable-rate mortgages). The Gramm–Leach–Bliley...
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    tenure. The prime rate is used often as an index in calculating rate changes to adjustable-rate mortgages (ARM) and other variable rate short-term loans...
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