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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 635.061

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage guaranty insurance: means a form of casualty insurance insuring lenders against:
    (a) Financial loss by reason of nonpayment of principal, interest, and other sums agreed to be paid under the terms of any note, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument constituting a lien or charge on real estate which contains a residential building or a building designed to be occupied for industrial or commercial purposes. See Florida Statutes 635.011
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
For purposes of computing finance charges or determining whether a mortgage loan is usurious, any premium cost of mortgage guaranty insurance that is paid by or collected from the mortgagor as a separate charge shall be deemed to not constitute a part of the cost of, or interest upon, or charges or consideration or an amount in excess of permitted charges in connection with, any mortgage loan.