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Tandem Loan

What is 'Tandem Loan' Two loans taken out on one asset, which is usually a house; the secondary loan is normally added...

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

DefinitionThe Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into United States federal law by US President Barack Obama on July 21,...

Underwater Mortgage

Home Ownership by Country Underwater Mortgage Underwater mortgage is a mortgage loan whose balance is higher than the fair market value of the home....

Underwater

What is 'Underwater' An option that would be worthless if it expired today. An underwater option may be either a call or...

Home Mortgage

DefinitionA mortgage loan or, simply, mortgage is used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or alternatively by...

Absentee Landlord

DefinitionIn economics, an absentee landlord is a person who owns and rents out a profit-earning property, but does not live within the property's local...

Jingle Mail

What is 'Jingle Mail' A situation where a homeowner mails his or her house keys to a mortgage lender due to an...

James P. Mooney

What is 'James P. Mooney' A former chairman and CEO of OM Group. Born in 1947 in Ohio, Mooney began his career...
Joint owned property

Joint Owned Property

What is joint ownership of property Joint owned property refers to a situation in which two or more individuals own an asset together. There are...

Vendor Take-Back Mortgage

Home Ownership by Country Vendor Take-Back Mortgage What is a 'Vendor Take-Back Mortgage' A vendor take-back mortgage is a type of mortgage...

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