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Adjustable rate mortgage or ARM - A mortgage where the interest rate adjusts relative to a specified index + margin. E.g. COFI, LIBOR etc.; Hybrid ARM - An adjustable rate mortgage where the initial 'start' rate is fixed for some portion of time (3,5,7, or 10 years) thereafter the interest rate adjusts (yearly or bi-annually) based on the sum of a specified index + margin.
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A mortgage is a long-term loan used to buy a house. Mortgages are offered with a variety of loan terms — the length of time to repay the loan — usually between eight and 30 years.
The flat amount is calculated so that the whole of the loan has been repaid by the end of the mortgage term. Interest-only mortgage – where the payments to the lender cover the interest only. No capital is repaid, so that the full amount of the loan is still outstanding at the end of the mortgage term.
In the UK and U.S., 25 to 30 years is the usual maximum term (although shorter periods, such as 15-year mortgage loans, are common). Mortgage payments, which are typically made monthly, contain a repayment of the principal and an interest element. The amount going toward the principal in each payment varies throughout the term of the mortgage.
Mortgage rates are influenced by the ebbs and flows of the economy, the housing market, as well as the Federal Reserve's decisions on short-term interest rates.
The main concern is that mortgage lenders and brokers, operating legally, are finding loopholes in the law to obtain additional profit. The typical scenario is that terms of the loan are beyond the means of the ill-informed and uneducated borrower. The borrower makes a number of interest and principal payments, and then defaults.
In the United States, full documentation loan refers to a loan where all income and assets are documented. [1] It is typically referred to as a "full doc" loan in the mortgage industry and is a common type of loan used for financing a home purchase.