Description A. Also known as the maximum allowable monthly housing expense ratio; a value that expresses the loan's total annual principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (PIII) costs as a percentage of the applicant's gross annual income and is used to with other criteria to determine whether an applicant qualifies for a mortgage loan. B. A special reserve account at a financial institution in which funds-such as for home insurance and property taxes-are held until they are paid to a third party. c. The table that breaks down each monthly mortgage payment into its component principal and interest parts and reports the debt remaining after each payment is made throughout the life of the loan. D. The ratio of the maximum loan that a lender is willing to make to purchase a property divided by the cost of the property. E. The money a potential house buyer pledges to show his or her good faith when making an offer. F. The dause in a real estate sales contract that makes the agreement conditional on one or more factors or events, such as the availability of financing or the results of a property inspection. G. The generat name given to the fees a borrower pays when taking out a mortgage loan, where one point is equal to 1% of the amount borrowed. H. A mortgage that can be effectively transferred or sold to a second, subsequent borrowing home buyer after being created by an initial borrower and buyer; the second buyer makes a down payment equal to the first buyer's (seller's) equity and then continues to make the payments for the remaining term of the original mortgage loan. 1. Also referred to as PMI; an insurance policy that protects the mortgage lender from a defautt by its mortgage borrower and insures the difference between the down payment required by the loan's loan-to-value ratio and the actual, lower down payment. 1. The term that describes the situation in which a homeowner is unable or unwilling to make the principal and interest payments on his or her mortgage, so the lender sues and by virtue of a court order can selze and sell the property