Mortgage Industry Terms & Acronyms
Across
- 1. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- 2. Mortgage Back Securities
- 5. Address, Loan Amount, Income, Estimated Value, Name, Social Security
- 10. Homeowner's Association
- 11. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- 14. Process of spreading out a loan into a series of fixed payments over time
- 16. United States Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
- 18. Veterans Affairs
- 20. Legal agreement where creditor lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property and is void upon the payment of the debt in full
- 21. Verification of Employment
- 22. Government Sponsored Enterprises (i.e. Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac)
- 23. Third Party Origination
Down
- 1. Homeowner's Insurance
- 3. Payments are amortized over a longer period than the actual term and the outstanding balance is due at the end of the term
- 4. LTV
- 5. Appraisal Management Company
- 6. Equal Credit Opportunity
- 7. Where mortgage bankers, GSEs, and investors buy and sell closed mortgage loans and loan servicing
- 8. Clear to Close
- 9. Payment, Interest, Taxes, Insurance
- 12. Federal Housing Administration
- 13. Loans that are partially funded by mortgage revenue bonds
- 15. When property taxes and homeowner's insurance is also collected in the monthly payments and the lender disburses the payments to the tax collector or insurance agent on behalf of the Borrower
- 17. Debt-to-Income Ratio
- 19. Home Affordable Refinance Program
- 24. Private Mortgage Insurance