Understand the most important lending and mortgage terms. Mortgages can be confusing for the first time home buyer, so let us help explain. Below you'll find explanations for most of the mortgage industry terms.

What is Rate Lock? A commitment issued by a lender to a borrower or other mortgage originator guaranteeing a specified interest rate and lender costs for a specified period of…
What is Real Estate Agent? A person licensed to negotiate and transact the sale of real estate on behalf of the property…
What is Real Estate Agent®? A real estate broker or an associate who is an active member in a local real estate board that is affiliated with the National Association of Real Estate…
What is Real estate broker? An agent representing a buyer or seller in a real estate…
What is Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)? A consumer protection law that requires lenders to give borrowers advance notice of closing…
What is Real property? Land and everything that is permanently affixed to…
What is Reclamation? The right of the person with title to a property to recover it from the debtor in case of a…
What is Reconveyance? The transfer of property back to the owner when a mortgage is fully…
What is Recording? The noting in the registrar’s office of the details of a properly executed legal document, such as a deed, a mortgage note, a satisfaction of mortgage, or an extension of mortgage, thereby making…
What is Recording fee? Money paid to an agent for entering the sale of a property into the public…
What is Refinance? Paying off one loan with the proceeds from a new loan using the same property as…
What is Rent with option to buy? See Lease-purchase mortgage…
What is Repossession (or foreclosure)? Legal process by which the lender forces the sale of a property because the borrower has not met the mortgage…
What is Rescission? The cancellation of a contract, permitted by law within three days of signing a mortgage not used to purchase a…
What is RESPA? See Real Estate Settlement Procedures…
What is Revolving Liability? A credit arrangement, such as a credit card, that allows a customer to borrow against a pre-approved line of credit when purchasing goods and…


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