Sabtu, 19 Maret 2011

The Occurrence With Mortgage Loans After The Purchase

By Louise K. Suttott


Mortgage loans are a means to obtain money to purchase a house or real estate. Many people borrow the majority of the funds needed to buy their home, and then finance the remainder through a lending institution. By doing this, they are able to spread the payments over an allotted period of time, usually 15 to 30 years. What most people do not know is that many of their loans are then sold to another bank in the secondary market.

The primary market consists of the actual lenders and borrowers. It is the bank or lending institution that draws up the contract and terms of the agreement, working out the details with the home purchaser. These organizations decide the amount of principal that will be lent, the interest rate to charge, and how long the loan will be for.

The repetition of this process for individuals and businesses begins to slowly deplete the resources of the bank. Loans can be made for home purchases, or other personal or commercial reasons. As more people are lent money, the reserves of the institution are slowly no longer available for others to use.

Institutions which function in the secondary market purchase these loans from the primary lenders. The reason that the first lender is willing to sell is because they would like to have more funds on hand to lend to other people. The interest charged on these loans is a means to produce a large portion of their income.

Once purchased, many of these companies bundle the purchases together and sell them as securities called collateralized debt obligations (CDO)or collateralized mortgage obligations (CMO), and other names. These are sold on the stock market for investors to purchase shares in. By doing this, the business hopes not only to cover the risk of default, but also profit from investors.

A home buyer need not worry about the loss of their mortgage loans or the bank's inability to cover the payment. The secondary market bears no effect on this. What it does affect is the investor seeking to purchase shares of the securities, especially if a number of borrowers default on their payments. This is a complicated process to understand for many.




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