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Cap
A consumer safeguard limiting adjustments to ARM interest rate or mortgage payment's. |
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Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)
Federal law that requires lenders and other creditors to make credit equally available without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status or receipt of income from public assistance programs. |
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Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
A revolving line of credit secured on the equity in the mortgagor's house, usable for any purpose. |
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Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM)
A mortgage in which a borrower receives a below-market interest rate in return for which the lender (or another investor such as a family member or other partner) receives a portion of the future appreciation in the value of the property. May also apply to mortgage where the borrowers shares the monthly principal and interest payments with another party in exchange for part of the appreciation. |
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