Mortgage Terminology
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Home Price
The amount of money in which the home can be bought or sold as seen on a property listing site.
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Down Payment
The amount of cash that the buyer can initially invest in the property. The down payment is the difference between the purchase price and th...
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Land Transfer Tax
The Land transfer tax is payable on the closing date of your purchase and is usually based on the purchase price of the property. The a...
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Mortgage Rate
Mortgage rate is the interest that a mortgage borrower will pay for money borrowed against a mortgage.
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Mortgage Term
The length of time the interest rate is fixed. The end of the term is also the time when the borrower must either pay the outstanding mortga...
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Mortgage Insurance
This is insurance that is required when homebuyers make a down payment of less than 20% of the purchase price. This protects the lender in t...
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Fixed Rate Mortgage
A mortgage for which the interest rate has been fixed for a certain period of time (generally the length of a mortgage term).
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Variable Rate Mortgage
A mortgage that has fixed payments, but whose principal portion of the payment fluctuates with interest rate changes. Variable rate mortgage...
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Rental Income
This refers to the amount of money collected by the owner of the home from tenants that are renting a particular space such as a room or the...
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