Mortgage Glossary

Build up your knowledge by using our mortgage glossary, here to help you understand the sometimes confusing terms used to describe mortgages and other financial related products.  We have laid out our glossary in an easy to use A-Z Format. If you have any additions you would like to see, please feel free to contact us with your ideas. If you are looking for personal finance like credit cards or loans, please visit cricket finance

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refused a mortgage
Many business's are refused a mortgage due to a number of reasons, no accounts, need more than 80% LTV , Buy to Let, CCJ's bankrupcy and many more. People who have been refused by the banks can then  (More)
 
remortgage
Mortgaging a property the client already owns, usually replacing an existing mortgage. They can remortgage to obtain lower monthly payments, or if they have sufficient equity in the property, to r (More)
 
rent
Regular payment by a tenant to an owner for the use of his/her land or buildings.
 
repayment mortgage
A mortgage where throughout the term, regular payments (usually monthly) are made to partly repay interest on the capital and to partly repay the capital itself (the amount of the loan). Initially  (More)
 
retention
An amount kept back from the mortgage by the lender until certain works or other requirements to the property are complete.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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