"How do Mortgages Work" Vocabulary
Across
- 3. a larger-than-usual one-time payment at the end of a loan term
- 5. (acronym) the cost one pays each year to borrow money, including fees, expressed as a percentage
- 7. a person or business that receives money from a lender with the agreement to pay it back within a specified period of time
- 11. a way to pay off debt in equal installments that include varying amounts of interest and principal payments over the life of the loan
- 13. the price one pays to borrow money or the cost one charges to lend money
- 15. a financial liability or obligation owed by one person, the debtor, to another, the creditor
- 16. the action of taking possession of a property
- 17. (abbreviation)of the measure comparing the amount of a mortgage with the appraised value of the property
Down
- 1. a loan where the interest does not fluctuate during a period of time
- 2. something pledged as security for repayment of a loan to be forfeited in the event of a default
- 4. (acronym) a home loan with an interest rate that adjusts over time based on the market
- 6. a loan in which your house functions as the collateral
- 8. the total amount of money borrowed from a lender (after down payment)
- 9. a mandatory payment or charge collected by governments from individuals to cover the costs of services, goods, and activities
- 10. the monthly mortgage payment is composed various costs, known by this acronym
- 12. an individual, group, or institution that makes funds available to a person or business with the expectation that the funds will be repaid.
- 14. (history) a record of one's ability to repay debts and demonstrated responsibility in repaying them