Terms and Definitions
1. Property Value | It is the value defined by a licensed appraiser | ||
2. Down Payment | is money down payment to purchase the property | ||
3. Loan Amount ($) | is the amount after the down payment | ||
4. Loan-to-value ratio (LTV) (%) | is a percentage of the loan amount to the property value. If the down payment is 10%; then the LTV is 90% | ||
5. Interest Rate (%) | is the rate that offered by the lender in the term of your mortgage payment | ||
6. Term (moths) | is term of loan in months. The numbers of months used are 360 mths for 30 years | ||
7. Mortgage Payment ($): | is calculation of the principle and interest (PI) of payment of the loan | ||
8. Hazard Insurance ($) | is the property insurance in case of natural hazard... required by the lenders | ||
9. Property Tax (%)
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is defined by the government - different from county and state | ||
10. MI (Mortgage Insurance) ($) | is insurance to protect lender in the situation of loan default. It is different based on the LTV requires by lender if LTV is higher than 80%, MI is required. | ||
11. HOA ($) | Home Owner Association known as HOA fees for property locates in community with joint common area such PUD, townhouse and condo complex, etc. | ||
12. Total Housing Expenses (PITI) ($) | is total payment including: mortgage, property tax, property insurance, HOA, and MI. This payment is measured as the front debt ratio for loan qualification | ||
13. Other monthly debts: | include all evolving debt payments such credit card and car payment | ||
14. Total family's debt expense: | added all housing expense and other debt payments. | ||
15. Qualified Debt Ratio (%): | The total housing expenses is used to calculate for loan qualification debt ratio which is different from lender to lender at 40% to 50% known as debt to income ratio (DTI). | ||
16. Qualified Income: | is how much gross income to qualify for a loan. Ex. If the lender uses 50% DTI and the debt payment is $4,000 per month; then required income is $8,000 per month |
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