Today's Mortgage Terms starting with B

Bankruptcy:

A legal procedure in a federal court to relieve certain debts of a person or a business that is no longer able to pay its debts. Chapter 7 bankruptcy removes all debts. Chapter 13 lets a borrower with and income to pay bills off over a set period of time.

Bearer:

The legal owner of a property.

Bill of Sale:

A document that details the transfer of property.

Biweekly Mortgage:

A mortgage with payments due every two weeks, totaling 26 payments a year, two payments more than a mortgage with monthly payments. The two extra payments lowers significantly the interest paid over the life of the mortgage.

Blanket Mortgage:

A mortgage that includes more than one piece of real estate

Borrower (Mortgager):

An individual who makes an application for and receives funds in the form of a loan and is obligated to repay the loan in full under the conditions of the loan.

Broker:

An individual who gets buyers and sellers together and helps in negotiating contracts for a client.

Buy-Down Mortgage:

A mortgage loan with a lower than market rate for a determined period of time.

Buyer’s Market:

Market conditions that favor buyers. When there are more properties for sale than buyers, sellers may be forced to provide price discounts to close the transaction.

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Marshall refinance mortgage news:

Highlights from history: How America went from 'nation of renters ... - Marshall Democrat-News
Editor's note: Nationwide, the housing market crisis is spreading throughout the economy. Staff writer Kathy Fairchild has been doing research on how the crisis is affecting Saline County, how the situation developed and what people can do to weather ...

Bad for the store, bad for the mall - Marketplace.publicradio.org
Scott Jagow: Over the weekend, shopping mall owner General Growth Properties avoided bankruptcy -- barely. It got a two-week extension on -- you guessed it -- mortgage loans. More from Nancy Marshall Genzer. Nancy Marshall Genzer: General Growth ...

Mortgage defaults increase - San Francisco Gate
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Stop low-cost housing drain - Detroit Free Press
Addressing Congress nearly 75 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called adequate housing a right of every American family willing to work. Fifteen years later, the Housing Act of 1949 set national goals that included "a decent home and a ...

The Half Billion Dollar Yankee Lineup - Bleacherreport.com
What the hell, let's sign 'em all. This is New York, baby. We need a winner. You think mom and dad with the 2.3 kids who need to refinance their home mortgage for bleacher seats on family day expect anything less? And what about all the suits in the ...

Federal help coming to deal with vacant homes - Kokomo Tribune
The downside of foreclosure is on full display at the Holiday Inn Express on a clear October day. Auctioneers from Dallas-based Hudson & Marshall have six homes on the block today, bank-owned repossessions from Marion, Bunker Hill, Sharpsville and ...

Private equity firms left with debt hangover - The Australian
Now, the private equity firms that terrorised company boards last year, paying outrageously high prices for stakes in companies such as Nine Network, Seven Network, Myer and Rebel Sports, are the victims of their debt binges as they struggle to repay ...

Dropping Anchor: Bank's stock plummets, but officials optimistic about ... - Wisconsin State Journal
Madison's largest home-grown bank is smarting. Stung by a series of problem loans -- including $48 million in a bankrupt downtown Milwaukee condo project -- AnchorBank has seen its stock price plummet and its balance sheet deteriorate. Shares of ...

Bailing Out a Boat Full of Holes - Common Dreams
BOSTON - The U.S. Treasury's bonanza from Congress to hand out 700 billion dollars to Wall Street is not what the country needs to right its shaky economy, many independent experts say. "Despite the bailout, it's clear the economy is going into a ...