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Rate factor
Rate factor The number of dollars required to pay off each $1,000 of a mortgage loan.
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Mortgage
A legal document pledging property as security for the payment of a loan.
Loan
A sum of borrowed money (principal) that is generally repaid with interest.
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Rate
Percentage a borrower pays for the use of money, usually expressed as an annual percentage.
Rate cap
The limit on the amount the interest rate can be increased at each adjustment period in an adjustable rate loan.
Rate index
A table of yields or interest rates being paid on debt (such as Treasury notes or bank deposits) that is used to determine interest-rate changes for adjustable-rate mortgages and other variable-rate loans.
Rate lock
A commitment issued by a lender to a borrower or other mortgage originator guaranteeing a specified interest rate for a specified period of time at a specific cost.
Rate sheet
Printed card that gives the price charged for each room, crib, extra person and pets.
Rate-improvement mortgage
A home loan that allows the borrower a one-time interest rate cut without paying refinancing charges.
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Rammed-earth construction
An alternative building process in which dirt is compacted into large structural frames to create walls.
Ranch style
Modern ranch-style homes, popularized in the 1950s, were championed by such architectural giants as Frank Lloyd Wright.
Range
1) A measure of the difference between the highest and lowest variates. 2) A strip of land six miles wide, extending north and south and numbered east and west according to its distance from the principal meridian in the rectangular (government) survey system of legal description.
Rate
Percentage a borrower pays for the use of money, usually expressed as an annual percentage.
Rate cap
The limit on the amount the interest rate can be increased at each adjustment period in an adjustable rate loan.
Rate factor
Rate index
A table of yields or interest rates being paid on debt (such as Treasury notes or bank deposits) that is used to determine interest-rate changes for adjustable-rate mortgages and other variable-rate loans.
Rate lock
A commitment issued by a lender to a borrower or other mortgage originator guaranteeing a specified interest rate for a specified period of time at a specific cost.
Rate sheet
Printed card that gives the price charged for each room, crib, extra person and pets.
Rate-improvement mortgage
A home loan that allows the borrower a one-time interest rate cut without paying refinancing charges.
Ratification
Method of creating an agency relationship in which the principal accepts the conduct of someone who acted without prior authorization as the principal's agent.
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