Today's Mortgage Terms starting with M

Margin:

The percentage difference between the index for a specific loan and the interest rate charged. This is a number already set by the lender.

Market Value:

The price at which a given property or product is transacted between a willing, unhurried buyer and a seller who know all the pertinent facts about the property.

Mortgage Banker:

A financial institution who directly funds home loans, sells them to investors, arranges monthly payments and handles escrow. Some mortgage bankers sell their loans on the secondary market.

Mortgage Broker:

A broker arranges financing for borrowers with a variety of lenders. A mortgage broker does not make the loan, but receives payments for its services.

Mortgage Insurance:

It is insurance to protect the lender in case you default on your loan. With conventional loans, mortgage insurance is generally not required if you make a down payment of at least 20% of the home's appraised value. It is also known as PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance).

Mortgage Loan:

A loan for which a specific real estate property serves as collateral to provide for repayment in case of default.

Mortgage Refinance:

A refinanced mortgage is one in which a borrower pays down an old loan with a new loan. People who refinance a mortgage tend do so to get a lower interest rate, lowering their payments or to take cash out of their home equity.

Mortgagee:

The lender in a mortgage loan relationship. Property is used as collateral to make payment.

Mortgagor:

The borrower in a mortgage loan relationship. Property is used as collateral to make payment.

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Lincoln mortgage rates news:

Mortgage plan seen as possible stimulus - Omaha World-Herald
A federal plan to reduce interest rates on home mortgages to as low as 4.5 percent could succeed in stimulating the housing market in the Omaha area and nationwide, local homebuilders and real estate agents say. “That would be a very big plus ...

US diluted loan rules before crash - Lincoln Daily News
[ December 01, 2008 ] W ASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ...

Stocks end short session with 5th straight gain - Lincoln Daily News
[ November 29, 2008 ] N EW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street climbed again Friday, wrapping up its biggest five-day rally in more than 75 years, even as investors digested signs of a bleak holiday season for retailers and fears that a flurry of reports next ...

Gaston among a dozen counties with jobless rates above 9 percent - Gaston Gazette
Gaston County's unemployment rate jumped by the largest percentage of any North Carolina county from September to October - an increase of 1.4 percent. With a total workforce of 103,447 in October, 9.1 percent of Gaston County workers were jobless ...

Auto Bailout Plan May Mean More Money In Your Pocket - WETM 18
ELMIRA HEIGHTS - You may have more money in your pocket if lawmakers give the green light to a $25 billion bailout for the country's three largest car makers. Jack Hampton is the general manager at Ferrario Ford Lincoln Mercury in Elmira Heights . He ...

Boutique Firms Well-Positioned in Current Economy - Law.com
Leaders at law firms across the country have taken to trumpeting the variety of their practice areas amid the slumping economy. The idea is that when one area is down -- such as structured finance or real estate -- another will boom and help prop up ...

Builder giving away house at Eagles game - Philadelphia Inquirer
It's the fourth quarter, the clock is running, and your team needs to score big to stay in the playoffs. It might be time for the "Hail Mary" pass, but in this case the team is not the Philadelphia Eagles but Pulte Homes Inc.'s Delaware Valley ...

Family touts debt-free lifestyle - Colorado Springs Gazette
ROCK HILL, S.C. • Travise Smith got fed up with being in debt, and decided to do something about it. The first thing you should know about Travise is this: When she decides to do something, she's hard to stop. Like the time she packed up and moved ...

The Note: Economy Confronts Obama...Again - ABC News Blogs
You don’t need a light-bulb moment for this one: Now that the national-security team is in place, it’s all about the economy again for President-elect Barack Obama. And, oh yeah -- he’s pretty much the president now, by the way. Partly it’s ...

Many want pay based more on performance - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
In 2007, as their companies started to falter, many executives were getting increases to compensation packages that already paid more in a day than most Americans make all year. Take Brian F. Roberts, chairman and CEO of Philadelphia-based Comcast ...