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race-notice

the same property] : of, relating to, or being a recording act which stipulates that an unrecorded deed, mortgage, or lien shall not be valid against a recorded one unless the recording party (as a subsequent purchaser

rate cap

rate cap a limit on an ARM on how much the interest rate or mortgage payment may change. Rate caps limit how much the interest rates can rise or fall on the adjustment

real right

real property since it can also be attached to movable property. Real rights include ownership, use, pledge, usufruct, mortgage, and predial servitude.

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record

office as a record and notice of a title or interest in property [ a deed] [ a mortgage] see also recording act 3 : to cause (as sound, images, or data) to be registered on something

redeem

collateral] b : to exercise an equity of redemption in (real property) by payment in full of a mortgage debt after default but prior to a foreclosure becoming effective [a right to property prior to the actual

refinance

revise the terms of (a debt obligation) esp. in regard to interest rate or payment schedule [ a mortgage] vi : to finance something anew

remedy

to put the parties in the position in which they were prior to the attempted agreement "First Nat'l Mortgage Corp. v. The Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 264 (1978)"] [specific performance and other equitable remedies]

sale

satisfy a creditor's judgment against a debtor foreclosure sale : a sale of property upon default of a mortgage to satisfy the debt judicial sale : a sale of property conducted by an authorized official by order

prepayment

prepayment payment of the mortgage loan before the scheduled due date; may be Subject to a prepayment penalty. Source: U.S. Department of Housing

satisfaction

and satisfaction compare accord, transaction c : a document indicating that an obligation has been satisfied [a of mortgage] 2 : the quality or state of being satisfied

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