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Mortgage Market Slides Flashcards

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_______ are loans to individuals or businesses to purchase homes, land, or other real property

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Mortgages

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Many mortgages are pooled and sold and then the mortgage payments are used to collateralize ______________

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Mortgage-backed securities

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What are the four basic types of mortgages are issued by financial institutions?

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Home, multifamily dwellings, commercial, and farm mortgages

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What are lenders place liens against properties that remain in place until loans are fully paid off?

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Collateral

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A ________ is a portion of the purchase price of the property a financial institution requires the borrower to pay up front

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Down payment

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__________ is generally required when the loan-to-value ratio is more than 80%

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Private mortgage insurance (PMI)

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________ is guaranteed by either the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or the Veterans Administration (VA)

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Repayment

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__________ mortgages are mortgages that are not federally insured

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Conventional

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__________ mortgages have fixed principal and interest payments that fully pay off the mortgage by its maturity date

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Amortized

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Fully amortized mortgage maturities are usually ________

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Either 15 or 30 years

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___________ mortgages require fixed monthly interest payments for 3 to 5 years whereupon full payment of the mortgage principal is due

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Balloon payment

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__________ mortgages lock in the borrower’s interest rate

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Fixed-rate

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______________ tie the borrower’s interest rate to some market interest rate or interest rate index

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Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs)

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Borrowers assume __________ risk with an ARM

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interest rate

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ARMs can increase ______ risk

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default

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_________ are fees or payments made when a mortgage loan is issued

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Discount points

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Mortgages are most often __________ when an existing mortgage has a higher interest rate than current rates

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Refinanced

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An ______________ shows how the fixed monthly payments are split between principal and interest

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Amortization schedule

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________ mortgages are mortgages for loan amounts that exceed the maximum ‘conforming’ limits allowed by the mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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Jumbo

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________ mortgages are mortgages where the borrowers do not qualify for a ‘prime’ credit rating because of a low credit score arising from prior credit problems such as delinquencies and defaults. Or they may simply lack sufficient credit history or have insufficient income.

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____________ are mortgages that are riskier than prime but not as risky as subprime

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Alternative A-papers

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Interest rates on _________ are usually between prime and subprime rates

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Give homebuyers an initial choice of payment options

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Option ARMs (‘Pick-n-Pay’ mortgages)

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__________ are subordinated claims to senior mortgages

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Second mortgages

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- Retirees or homeowners with a substantial amount of equity in their home can sell the equity back to a bank over time - Various payment options are available - Costs and servicing fees are high
Reverse-annuity mortgages (RAMs)
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What two mechanisms are used by FIs to remove mortgages from their balance sheets?
By pooling recently originated mortgages together and selling them in the secondary market By securitizing mortgages
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What are two advantages of securitization?
- FIs can reduce the liquidity risk, interest rate risk, and credit risk of their loan portfolios - FIs generate income from origination and service fees
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What are some examples of mortgage sellers?
Money center banks, smaller banks, foreign banks, investment banks
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_________ allow FIs to manage credit risk, achieve better asset diversification, and improve their liquidity and interest rate risk positions
Mortgage sales
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What are some examples of mortgage buyers?
Foreign and domestic banks, insurance companies, pension funds, closed-end bank loan mutual funds, and nonfinancial corporations
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The U.S. government established the _____________________ in the 1930s to buy FHA and VA mortgages from thrifts so they could make more mortgage loans
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae)
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_____________________ was formed in 1968 to facilitate financing of conventional mortgages
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac)
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_________ promised principal and interest payments to investors
Pass-through securities “pass through”
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What three agencies are directly involved in the creation of pass-through securities?
Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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_______________ create pass-throughs from nonconforming mortgages
Private mortgage pass-through issuers
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The U.S. government established the _________________ in 1938 to buy mortgages from thrifts so they could make more mortgage loans
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae)
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What is the main function of Fannie Mae?
issues MBS and guarantees full and timely principle and interest payments
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___________ buys and holds mortgages on its balance sheet and issues bonds directly to finance purchases
FNMA
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Creates MBS by purchasing packages of mortgages from originators and/or banks and thrifts. It also swaps MBS with a bank or thrift for mortgages
FNMA
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____________ is similar to Fannie Mae - Stockholder owned (though currently in conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)). - Has line of credit with Treasury - Bonds rated AAA - Buys mortgages, issues MBS
Federal home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac)
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__________ primarily deals with thrifts
Federal home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac)
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The ________________ was started in 1968 when it split off from Fannie Mae
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae)
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What are the two major functions of Ginnie Mae?
Sponsor MBS securities programs by Financial Institutions and Guarantees timing of investments
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What is the main function of Ginnie Mae?
Timing insurance
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What does Ginnie Mae not insure?
The default risk
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Only supports pools of mortgage loans that are insured against default FHA or VA
Ginnie Mae
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_____________ are multiclass pass-throughs with multiple bond holder classes or tranches
Collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs)
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___________ allow FIs to raise long-term low-cost funds without removing mortgages from their balance sheets
Mortgage-backed bonds (MBBs)
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______ is the world’s second largest and most developed securitization market
Europe is the world’s second largest and most developed securitization market

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