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This glossary is an extensive listing of real estate and mortgage terms that you can use as needed when doing business with Lexington Lending. To get started, click on the appropriate letter above for a listing of all the terms that begin with that letter. Then, locate the word you are looking for.
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Sale-Leaseback
A technique in which a seller deeds property to a buyer for a consideration, and the buyer simultaneously leases the property back to the seller.
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Second Mortgage
A mortgage that has a lien position subordinate to the first mortgage.
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Secondary Mortgage Market
The buying and selling of existing mortgages.
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Secured Loan
A loan that is backed by collateral.
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Security
The property that will be pledged as collateral for a loan.
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Seller Take-back
An agreement in which the owner of a property provides financing, often in combination with an assumable mortgage. See owner financing.
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Servicer
An organization that collects principal and interest payments from borrowers and manages borrowers' escrow accounts. The servicer often services mortgages that have been purchased by an investor in the secondary mortgage market.
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Servicing
The collection of mortgage payments from borrowers and related responsibilities of a loan servicer.
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Settlement
See closing.
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Settlement Sheet
See HUD-1 statement.
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Single-Family Properties
One- to four-unit properties including detached homes, townhouses, condominiums, and cooperatives.
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Special Deposit Account
An account that is established for rehabilitation mortgages to hold the funds needed for the rehabilitation work so they can be disbursed from time to time as particular portions of the work are completed.
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Standard Payment Calculation
The method used to determine the monthly payment required to repay the remaining balance of a mortgage in substantially equal installments over the remaining term of the mortgage at the current interest rate.
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Step-Rate Mortgage
A mortgage that allows for the interest rate to increase according to a specified schedule (i.e., seven years), resulting in increased payments as well. At the end of the specified period, the rate and payments will remain constant for the remainder of the loan.
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Subdivision
A housing development that is created by dividing a tract of land into individual lots for sale or lease.
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Subordinate Financing
Any mortgage or other lien that has a priority that is lower than that of the first mortgage.
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Subsidized Second Mortgage
An alternative financing option known as the Community Seconds® mortgage for low- and moderate-income households. An investor purchases a first mortgage that has a subsidized second mortgage behind it. The second mortgage may be issued by a state, county, or local housing agency, foundation, or nonprofit corporation. Payment on the second mortgage is often deferred and carries a very low interest rate (or no interest rate). Part of the debt may be forgiven incrementally for each year the buyer remains in the home.
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Survey
A print showing the measurements of the boundaries of a parcel of land, together with the location of all improvements on the land and sometimes its area and topography.
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Sweat Equity
Contribution to the construction or rehabilitation of a property in the form of labor or services rather than cash.
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