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Glossary of Mortgage Terms

For definitions of commonly used financing terms please feel free to browse our glossary.

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Mortgage Resources

For questions regarding the financing of your mortgage, please refer to the following documents.

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Articles

A Consumer's Guide To Mortgage Lock-Ins
A Consumer's Guide To Refinancing Your Mortgage
Advice from the Pros
Buyer demand fuels frequent use of ARMs
Closing Your Mortgage Loan
Competing at the Hampton Classic is Always Special for Melissa Cohn!
Deducting Your Mortgage Interest Under the Tax Code
Federal Reserve Delivers Rate Cut
GETTING PERSONAL:
Hampton Classic Opens 30th Anniversary Celebration With Manhattan Mortgage Company's Opening Day Festivities
Home Inequity
Home Loan Security
Housing Market to Weaken Even Further
How Much Can You Qualify For - Self Test
How To Save Half On Interest Costs
How To Shop For A Mortgage
If Your Mortgage Loan Application Is Rejected
Jumbo Mortgages Get More Costly, Harder to Find
Managing Your Mortgage
Manhattan Mortgage financing NY condos in Ireland
Melissa Cohn of Manhattan Mortgage Named One of the Top 20 Women in Real Estate
Melissa Cohn Offers Mortgage-Shoppers Good Advice
Mortgage blow hits 'McMansion' clients
Mortgage Borrowers Play a Bettor's Game
Mortgage Insurance - Frequently Asked Questions
Mortgage Pain Hits Prudent Borrowers
Negative Pledge Financing
PMI's Lowering Your Down Payment
Refinancing Your Mortgage
Thrifts benefit from mortgage crisis
Tough Choice: ARM or Fixed-Rate?
Transferring A Loan Between Lenders
Trump Mortgage, You're foreclosed
Understanding The Loan Application Process
What Happens After You Apply For A Mortgage?
When Your Debt Exceeds Your Home Value
Which Mortgage? A Complicated Tale
Who's Buying Long Island?
Why Mortgage Escrow Accounts?

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• Reaching Out to Condo Buyers (New York Times - November 22, 2009)

• Breaking the bank (New York Post - November 12, 2009)

• New York Appraisals Get Shortchanged (New York Times - September 27, 2009)

• Top Women (Real Estate Bisnow - September 16, 2009)

• City Seeks to Turn Stalled Projects Into Moderate-Income Housing (New York Times - September 2, 2009)

• Contract Signings Rise, and Deal-Watchers Exhale (New York Times - August 30, 2009)

• Mortgages Made Easy (Brokers Weekly - August 19, 2009)

• Low Appraisals Sabotage More Deals (The Real Deal - July 31, 2009)

• Lock Steps (New York Post - June 25, 2009)

• The Top Originator: Melissa Cohn (Mortgage Originator - April 2009)

• 'Cashing Out' Is Now Harder (New York Times - March 29, 2009)

• Making Your Way Through The Mortgage Market (CNBC.com - March 23, 2009)

• Housing Market Needs More Help (CNBC.com - March 5, 2009)

• Need a House Fast? Skip the Pre-Approval (Main Street - March 3, 2009)

• For Home Buyers, More Bank Roadblocks (New York Times - February 1, 2009)

• Mortgage Applications Surge (CNNMoney - January 14, 2009)

• Run For The Money (New York Post - January 1, 2009)

• Mortgages Less Easy To Come By For The Self-Employed (NY1 - December 16, 2008)

• Interview with Melissa Cohn (Marquis Who's Who in America - December 2008)

• Bright Spots (New York Post - December 4, 2008)

• Bailout Efforts Now Focus On Main Street, Not Banks (CNBC.com - December 4, 2008)

• Mortgage Refinance Applications Soar As Rates Fall (Dow Jones Newswires - December 3, 2008)

• U.S. Consumer Loan Aid Will Trickle Only So Far (New York Times - November 27, 2008)

• Can This Market Be Saved? (New York - November 23, 2008)

• Lending Recovers (Overseas Living - January 2009)

• Whittle Down Your Mortgage (New York - November 2, 2008)

• Bear market squeezes mortgages (The Real Deal - November 3, 2008)

• Foreign apartment buyers grow scarce (The Real Deal - October 28, 2008)

• Lenders tighten up standards for co-op loans (The Real deal - October 3, 2008)

• The Default Phenomenon Comes to N.Y. (The New York Sun- September 25, 2008)

• For Buyers, Many Roadblocks (The New York Times - September 21, 2008)

• Mortgages: Considering the Seven-Year Plan (The New York Times - September 21, 2008)

• Jump in Mortgage Rates Disappoints Home Buyers (Wall St. Journal - September 18, 2008)

• Amid mortgage woes, first-time buyers seek solutions (The Real Deal - September 1, 2008)

• It's a Wonderful Life (In Jersey) (Newsweek - August 2, 2008)

• Rich, but Rejected (The New York Times - July 13, 2008)

• What You Need to Know to Get a Mortgage (The New York Times - June 1, 2008)

• The 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate (The New York Observer - May 19, 2008)

• Need $23 Million Fast? (The New York Observer - April 28, 2008)

• Tiptoeing Through a Minefield (CNBC.com - March 6, 2008)

• SHOPPING SPREE: It's not every building that will give its buyers a free winter wardrobe (New York Post - February 28, 2008)

• Jitters for First-Time Homebuyers (The New York Times - February 17, 2008)

• Waiting to see if ARMs fallout reaches Manhattan (The Real Deal - February 2008)

• Rates luring homeowners to refinance, but for better deals, not to tap equity (Daily News - February 4, 2008)

• What's Next for New York City Real Estate? (The New York Times - January 13, 2008)