A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Terms: T |
| Tenancy by Entirety |
| A type of joint tenancy of property that provides right of survivorship and is available only to a husband and wife. One spouse dies the property goes to the other spouse. |
| Tenancy in Common |
| A type of joint tenancy in a property without right of survivorship. |
| Third Party Fees |
| Fees collected by lender for services provided by other companies, such as an appraiser. |
| Third Party Origination |
| A process by which a lender uses another party to completely or partially originate, process, underwrite, close, fund, or package the home loan. |
| Title |
| A legal document evidencing a person's right to ownership of a property. |
| Title Company |
| A company that specializes in examining and insuring titles to real estate. |
| Title Insurance |
| Insurance that protects the lender (lender's policy) or the buyer (owner's policy) against loss arising from disputes over ownership of a property. |
| Title Search |
| A check of the title records to ensure that the seller is the legal owner of the property and that there are no liens or other claims outstanding. |
| Total Expense Ratio |
| Total obligations as a percentage of gross monthly income. The total expense ratio includes monthly housing expenses plus other monthly debts. Used to help qualify a potential borrower for a home loan. |
| Transaction Fee |
| A fee charged each time the borrower draws on the credit line. |
| Transfer of Ownership |
| Any means by which the ownership of a property changes hands. Lenders consider all of the following situations to be a transfer of ownership: the purchase of a property "subject to" the mortgage, the assumption of the mortgage debt by the property purchaser, and any exchange of possession of the property under a land sales contract or any other land trust device. |
| Transfer Tax |
| State or local tax payable when title to a property passes from one owner to another. |
| Treasury Index |
| An index that is used to determine interest rate changes for certain adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) plans. It is based on the results of auctions that the U.S. Treasury holds for its Treasury bills and securities or is derived from the U.S. Treasury's daily yield curve, which is based on the closing market bid yields on actively traded Treasury securities in the over-the-counter market. See adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM). |
| Truth-in-Lending |
| A federal law that requires lenders to fully disclose, in writing, the terms and conditions of credit, such as a mortgage, including the annual percentage rate (APR) and other charges. |
| Two to Four Family Property |
| A property that consists of a structure that provides living space (dwelling units) for two to four families, although ownership of the structure is evidenced by a single deed. |
| Trustee |
| A fiduciary who holds or controls property for the benefit of another. |
| Two-Step Mortgage |
| A mortgage in which the borrower receives a below market interest rate for a specified number of years (most often 7 or 10 years) and then receives a new interest rate adjusted (within certain limits) to market conditions at that time. The lender sometimes has the option to call the loan due with 30 days notice at the end of the specified period. |