Collect Data For Legal Pennsylvania Mortgage Assignment Forms For Free

Mortgages are interests in property, and so can and should be recorded as soon as possible after the closing. Most states have recording statutes that impose restrictions on when and how a document conveying property rights can be legally created. Recording statutes are important for several purposes.

In a mortgage assignment, your original lender or servicer transfers your mortgage account to another loan servicer. When this occurs, the original mortgagee or lender's interests go to the next lender. Even if your mortgage gets transferred or assigned, your mortgage's terms should remain the same.

A promissory note provides the financial details of the loan's repayment, such as the interest rate and method of payment. A mortgage specifies the procedure that will be followed if the borrower doesn't repay the loan.

Both the Courts and several years of case law hold that the actual mortgage is a nullity. It is the note that controls the ownership of the loan, and by operation of fiction, whoever holds the note will hold an equity right to foreclosure irrespective of who holds or has the mortgage.

The most common example of an Assignment of Mortgage is when a mortgage lender transfers/sells the mortgage to another lender. This can be done more than once until the balance is paid. The lender does not have to inform the borrower that the mortgage is being assigned to another party.

An assignment transfers all the original mortgagee's interest under the mortgage or deed of trust to the new bank. Generally, the mortgage or deed of trust is recorded shortly after the mortgagors sign it, and, if the mortgage is subsequently transferred, each assignment is recorded in the county land records.