Mortgages

As defined in Wikipidea Mortgage is:

A mortgage is the pledging of a property to a lender as a security for a mortgage loan. While a mortgage in itself is not a debt, it is evidence of a debt. It is a transfer of an interest in land, from the owner to the mortgage lender, on the condition that this interest will be returned to the owner of the real estate when the terms of the mortgage have been satisfied or performed. In other words, the mortgage is a security for the loan that the lender makes to the borrower.

In general a mortgage of property involves the following three different parties:

  1. Mortgage lender
  2. Borrower
  3. Other participants

There are few more definitions on mortgage available on the web, few are as listed below:

A mortgage is a method of using property (real or personal) as security for the performance of an obligation, usually the payment of a debt.

Mortgage is a special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property such as a house or piece of farm land.

Mortgage is a written pledge that uses real estate to secure repayment of a loan.

Mortgage is a document signed by a borrower when a home loan is made that gives the lenders the right to take possession of the property if the borrower fails to make loan payments.

Mortgage is usually a short-term fixed-rate loan which involves small payments for a certain period of time and one large payment for the remaining amount of the principal at a time specified in the contract.

Mortgages is a legal document specifying a certain amount of money to purchase a home at a certain interest rate, and using the property as collateral.

Mortgage is a loan which is repaid by a series of small, periodic payments until a given date, when either the balance comes due in a single, large payment or the amount of the payments rises significantly.

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