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when the homeowner sells the property for less than the full amount due on the mortgage. When a homeowner qualifies for the HAFA Short Sale, the servicer approves the Short Sale terms prior to listing the home and then accepts the payoff in full satisfaction of the mortgage.
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insurance that is generally required under mortgage contracts to pay for loss or damage to a person’s home or property.
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a program that provides opportunities for homeowners who can no longer afford to stay in their home but want to avoid foreclosure to transition to more affordable housing through a short sale or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.
Departments of the Treasury & Housing and Urban Development, Making Home Affordable Program - Cite This Source - This Definition- Browse Related Terms: Deferred payments, Foreclosure, Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA), Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), Home Owners’ Loan Act, Loss Mitigation, Second Lien Modification Program (2MP), Trial Period or Trial Period Plan, Work Out
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a program that provides eligible homeowners the opportunity to modify their mortgages to make them more affordable.
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a program that provides homeowners with loans owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac an opportunity to refinance into more affordable monthly payments.
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a program that provides homeowners a temporary forbearance, which is a temporary period of time during which a regular monthly mortgage payment is reduced or suspended.
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a way of borrowing money against the equity in one’s home to pay for things such as home repairs, college education, or other personal uses.
Departments of the Treasury & Housing and Urban Development, Making Home Affordable Program - Cite This Source - This Definition- Browse Related Terms: Collateral, creditor, Equity stripping, Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC), Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA), interest, Interest rate, Loan modification activities, Principal, Rate Spread, Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, Truth-In-Lending Act (TILA)
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A home improvement loan is (a) any dwelling-secured loan to be used, at least in part, for repairing, rehabilitating, remodeling, or improving a dwelling or the real property on which the dwelling is located, and (b) any non-dwelling-secured loan (i) that is to be used, at least in part, for one or more of those purposes and (ii) that is classified as a home improvement loan by the institution.
- Browse Related Terms: Dwelling, Home Improvement Loan, Home Purchase Loan, Loan Purpose, Occupancy, Property Type, Refinancing
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A contractor talks you into costly or unnecessary repairs, steers you to a high-cost mortgage lender to finance the job, and arranges for the loan proceeds to be sent directly to the contractor. All too often, the contractor performs shoddy or incomplete work, and the homeowner is stuck paying off a long-term loan where the house is at risk.
- Browse Related Terms: "Bait-and-switch" schemes, Alt-A Mortgages, Balloon Payment, cash-out refinancing, Collections, Delinquency, Home improvement scams, Loan flip, Loan modification, Mortgage Modification, Prepayment penalty, Prime, Prime Mortgages, Refinance, Subprime, Subprime Mortgages
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Lenders are required to report whether a loan is subject to the provisions of the HOEPA. HOEPA, enacted as part of the Truth in Lending Act, imposes substantive limitations and additional disclosures on certain types of home mortgage loans with rates or fees above a certain percentage or amount. For more information about HOEPA, see the Board's Regulation Z, 12 CFR part 226, sections 31, 32 and 34.
- Browse Related Terms: Collateral, creditor, Equity stripping, Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC), Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA), interest, Interest rate, Loan modification activities, Principal, Rate Spread, Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, Truth-In-Lending Act (TILA)
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Enacted in 1933, this Act established the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and authorized steps to: provide emergency relief with respect to home mortgage indebtedness; refinance home mortgages; and extend relief to homeowners who were unable to pay their mortgages and faced foreclosure.
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- A home purchase loan is any loan secured by and made for the purpose of purchasing a dwelling. See the definition of "dwelling."
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HERA was enacted in 2008, and it established FHFA-OIG and FHFA, which oversees the GSEs’ operations. HERA also expanded Treasury’s authority to provide financial support to the GSEs.
- Browse Related Terms: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Conservatorship, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act), Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA), Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Inspector General Act, Inspector General Reform Act, Interest Rate Risk
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Enacted in 1968, this Act partitioned Fannie Mae into two separate organizations, a government-sponsored corporation (Fannie Mae) and a wholly-owned government corporation, Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”). Ginnie Mae expanded the availability of mortgage funds for moderate-income families using government guaranteed mortgage-backed securities. The Act subjected Fannie Mae to the regulatory control of HUD, which had to approve the issuance of all stocks and other obligations by Fannie Mae and could require it to allocate a portion of its mortgage purchases to low- and moderate-income housing.
- Browse Related Terms: Conventional Conforming Mortgage Loans, Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act of 1954 (Charter Act), Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE), Housing and Urban Development Act, Implied Guarantee, Loan Type, Private-Label Mortgage-Backed Securities (Private-label MBS), Private-Label Mortgages, Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (PSPA)
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the sum of a homeowner’s mortgage payment, hazard insurance, property taxes, and homeowner association fees.
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Standard form used to disclose costs at closing. All charges imposed in the transaction, including mortgage broker fees, must be disclosed separately.
- Browse Related Terms: Annual Percentage Rate (APR), application fee, appraisal fee, HUD-1 Uniform Settlement Statement, Loan origination fees, point, Points (also called discount points), Prepayment penalty/prepayment premium, Unpaid Principal Balance (UPB)