What are real estate mortgages?

[MarkT]

Can someone tell me what a real estate mortgage is? I am learning more about the real estate industry and was wondering what kind of information I can find about them and how mortgages work in the real estate industry.

I was also wondering what type of qualifications you need to get a mortgage for real estate.

[trishaltbr]

Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions, notably in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia) that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is stationary, or fixed in location.

A mortgage is the pledging of a property to a lender as a security for a mortgage loan. While a mortgage in itself is not a debt, it is evidence of a debt. It is a transfer of an interest in land, from the owner to the mortgage lender, on the condition that this interest will be returned to the owner of the real estate when the terms of the mortgage have been satisfied or performed.

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[trishaltbr]

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Our first suggestion is to save, save, and save some more. The idea behind this is to enable you to make the largest initial down payment on your new home as possible. We know how difficult it can be to save, but this could save you thousands of dollars in the long run. Wouldn

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[Nicholas_B]

The real estate definition with regards to the UK (from trishaltbr), is different; you can still own a property and not the land, this is quite common and land rates need to be paid. The owner of the land has no right to change the property but to charge rent, there is a structure in-place to stop owner of the land to charge outrageous rates.

[hboss]

Real Estate Mortgage Investment sometimes also called Collateralized mortgage obligations.that are a type of special purpose vehicle used for the pooling of mortgage loans and issuance of mortgage-backed securities.

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