Glossary
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- A.P.R.
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- Debt-To-Income Ratio (DTI)
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- Fannie Mae
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- Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
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- Fixed-Rate Mortgage
- Flood Insurance
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- Gift
- Gift Letter
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- Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae)
- Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM)
- Home Equity Loan
- Home Inspection
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- Housing Affordability Index
- Housing And Urban Development (HUD)
- HUD
- HUD-1 Settlement Statement
- Income Approach to Value
- Income-To-Debt Ratio
- Index
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- Interest Only Mortgage
- Interest Rate
- Liabilities
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- Life-Of-Loan Cap
- Liquidity
- Loan Discount
- Loan Origination Fee
- Loan-To-Value Ratio (LTV)
- Lock-In
- Maintenance Costs
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- Market Value
- Modification
- Mortgage
- Mortgage Banker
- Mortgage Broker
- Mortgage Insurance
- Mortgage Interest
- Mortgage Term
- Mortgagee
- Mortgagor
- P&I
- Payment Cap
- PITI
- Points
- Pre-Qualification
- Prime Rate
- Principal
- Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
- Property Appraisal
- Property Tax
- Prorate
- Rate Cap
- Refinance
- Replacement Cost
- Respa
- Reverse Annuity Mortgage
- RHCDS
- Right Of First Refusal
- Right Of Rescission
- Rural Housing And Community Development Service