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To buy a house, Gina obtains a mortgage loan with Home Mortgage Corporation. Later, Gina defaults on the loan and the property is sold through foreclosure. The final sale price is not enough to cover the loan amount. Most likely, Home Mortgage will

A) record a notice of default.
B) receive a notice of sale.
C) ask a court for a deficiency judgment.
D) redeem the property.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Because a mortgage involves a transfer of real property, it need not be in writing.

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The rate of interest paid by the borrower stays fixed with an adjustable-rate mortgage .

Humberto and Tiara, who are married, borrow $110,000 from Sterling Credit Union to buy a home. The loan is a fixed-rate mortgage at 3.38 percent with a thirty-year term, subject to an acceleration clause, and secured by the home. When Humberto and Tiara have paid off $10,000 of the mortgage-still owing $100,000-they stop making payments. Meanwhile, the home's market value declines to $85,000.  Sterling Credit attempts to contact Humberto and Tiara but cannot get in touch with them and the couple will not return phone calls or e-mails to the bank. After six months, Sterling Credit decides to take steps to recover the unpaid amount of the loan. What are the lender's options? Which option seems most likely? Why? What steps are involved?

In a power of sale foreclosure, the lender is allowed to foreclose on and sell the property without judicial supervision.

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A mortgage is a security interest in a debtor's real property.

Lenders are required to disclose the terms of a loan in clear, readily understandable language under

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No state allows a defaulting borrower to repurchase the property after a judicial foreclosure sale.

Once a borrower has received the required Truth-in-Lending Act disclosures, the borrower has no right to cancel the mortgage.

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To purchase a house, Leo borrows funds from Metro Bank. The terms of the loan give the lender a security interest in the property being acquired by the borrower as security for payment of the debt. This is

Because a mortgage loan involves the transfer of real property, it

To buy a house, Berry applies to Countryside Bank for a fifteen-year mortgage under which the payments remain the same for the duration of the loan. This is