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Mortgage Glossary
Adjustable-rate Mortgage
(ARM)
Amortization Schedule
Annual Percentage Rate
(APR)
Appraisal
Assumable Mortgage
Balloon Mortgage
Bill of Sale
Broker
Closing Costs
Comparables
Covertible ARM
Earnest Money Deposit
Equity
Escrow
Fixed-rate Mortgage
(FRM)
Interest Rate
Loan Origination
Lock-in
Mortgage Broker
Origination Fee
Point
Prepayment
Pre-qualification
Private Mortgage Insurance
(PMI)
Title
Title Company
Title Insurance
Title Search
Underwriting
 
escrow – Money set aside for a specific purpose or condition. For example, the deposit by a borrower with the lender of funds to pay taxes and insurance premiums when they become due, or the deposit of funds or documents with an attorney or escrow agent to be disbursed upon the closing of a sale of real estate.





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