This week in the A – Z of Conveyancing, we’ll go through the commonly used terms in relation to conveyancing, looking at the letter M.
Mortgage
A mortgage is the loan taken out to assist in the funding of a purchase of property. Mortgages are typically 25-to-30-year loans payable by weekly, fortnightly or monthly instalments to your lender. The terms and conditions vary from lender to lender and the type of loans offered. The mortgage grants an interest in the property to the lender and consequentially the mortgage will be recorded on the title for the property.
Mortgagor
A Mortgagor is the borrower under a mortgage agreement and is responsible for meeting the repayment obligations of the loan.
Mortgagee
A Mortgagee is the lender under a mortgage agreement. This may be a bank, credit union or private lender. Under the loan/mortgage agreement, you will be responsible as the borrower to make periodic repayments to the mortgagee.
For more information on the A – Z of Conveyancing check out our other posts:
The Letter A: Adjustments, Amendments, Auctions
The Letter B: Breach, Broker, Building Contract, By-Laws
The Letter C: Caveat, Certificate of Title, Community Title, Contract for Sale, Cooling off Period
The Letter D: Deposit, Deposit Bond, Deposited Plan, Disbursements, Discharge of Mortgage
The Letter E: Easement, Electronic Notice of Sale, Exchange, Exclusions
The Letter F: Final Inspection, Finance, Fittings & Fixtures
The Letter G: Grants, Guarantee/Guarantor, Goods & Services Tax
The Letter H: Holding Deposit, Home Loan
The Letter I: Inclusions, Inspection Reports, Insurance
The Letter J&K: Joint Tenants, Keys
The Letter L: Land Tax, Lease, Lenders Mortgage Insurance, LRV – Loan to Value Ratio
The Letter N: Negotiations, Notice of Rescission, Notice to Complete
The Letter O: Occupation Certificate, Off the Plan, Open House, Owners Corporation
The Letter P: Penalty Interest, PEXA, Principal place of residence, Proprietor
The Letter Q & R: Quiet enjoyment, Registration, Requisitions on Title, Rescission, Reserve price
