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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
  
title company - A company that specializes in examining and insuring titles to real estate.  Another necessary evil in the mortgage process.  Have you ever noticed that title companies are always located on the first floor of the prime buildings?  What is up with that?  They make some serious cash from you when you buy a house.





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