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EASEMENT A right of way giving to persons other than the owner to access to or over a property. EFFECTIVE AGE An appraiser's estimate of the physical condition of a building. The actual age of a building may be shorter or longer than its effective age. EMINENT DOMAIN The right of a government to take private property for public use upon payment of fair compensation to the owner. Eminent domain is the basis for condemnation proceedings. ENDORSER A person who signs a check or promissory note over to another party. Contrast with co-signer. EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY ACT (ECOA) A 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. EQUITY The value of your home after the outstanding balance of any loans are subtracted. If you make a 5 percent down payment, you have 5 percent of the price of your home in equity. As you make payments toward principal over time, the equity in your home grows. ESCROW Can serve two purposes. 1)As a special third-party account set up by the lender in which a portion of your monthly payment funds are held to pay for taxes and insurance and other items. 2)Escrow is most commonly known as a third party who carries out the instructions of both the buyer and seller to handle the paperwork at the settlement of a real estate purchase. ESCROW (OR IMPOUND) ACCOUNT The account in which a loan servicer holds the borrower's escrow payments prior to paying property expenses, such as property taxes or homeowners insurance. ESCROW ANALYSIS The periodic examination of escrow accounts to determine if current monthly deposits will provide sufficient funds to pay taxes, insurance, and other bills when due. ESCROW COLLECTIONS Funds collected by the loan servicer and set aside in an escrow account to pay borrower expenses such as property taxes, mortgage insurance, and hazard homeowners insurance. ESCROW DISBURSEMENTS The use of escrow funds to pay real estate taxes, homeowners insurance, mortgage insurance, and other property expenses as they become due. ESCROW PAYMENT The portion of a borrower's monthly payment that is held by the loan servicer to pay for taxes, hazard homeowners insurance, mortgage insurance, lease payments, and other items as they become due. Known as "impounds" or "reserves" in some states. ESTATE The ownership interest of an individual in real property. The sum total of all the real property and personal property owned by an individual at time of death. EXAMINATION OF TITLE The report on the title of a property from the public records or an abstract of the title. EXCLUSIVE LISTING A written contract that gives a licensed real estate agent the exclusive right to sell a property for a specified time, but reserving the owner's right to sell the property alone without the payment of a commission. FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT A consumer protection law that regulates the disclosure and use of consumer credit information, establishes rules for credit reporting to consumer credit reporting agencies, and establishes procedures for a consumer to view his or her credit report and correct mistakes on it. FAIR MARKET VALUE The price that a buyer, willing but not compelled to buy, and a seller, willing but not compelled to sell, would agree on. FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION (FHA) An agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Its main activity is the insuring of residential mortgage loans made by private lenders. The FHA sets standards for construction and loan underwriting but does not lend money or plan or construct housing. FORECLOSURE The legal process by which a borrower's interest in mortgaged property is taken because of a default on the loan. This usually involves a forced sale of the property at public auction with the proceeds of the sale being applied to the mortgage debt. GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE A document provided when you apply for a loan. It provides estimates of all costs associated with obtaining and closing a mortgage loan. GROUND RENT The amount of money that is paid for the use of land when title to a property is held as a leasehold estate rather than as a fee simple estate. |