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We require a 3 percent down payment to buy a condo, single-family home, or two-family home. We require a 5 percent down payment to buy a three-family property. You may use a down payment program or gifted money from a family member as part of this down payment.

If you misplaced your copy of the mortgage note, request another copy from your mortgage lender or servicer. Some lenders require you to make this request in writing. You could also try to retrieve a copy through your local recording office.

An assignment of mortgage documents the transfer of a mortgage from an original lender or borrower to another person or entity. Lenders regularly sell mortgages to other lenders. Less often, a borrower transfers the mortgage to someone else who assumes the mortgage.

Promissory Note Vs. Mortgage. A promissory note is a document between the lender and the borrower in which the borrower promises to pay back the lender, it is a separate contract from the mortgage. The mortgage is a legal document that ties or "secures" a piece of real estate to an obligation to repay money.

A short form mortgage shall set forth the date on which it is executed, the names of the parties thereto, the amount of the indebtedness secured or to be secured thereby, the description of the real property mortgaged as security for the indebtedness, and a statement incorporating by reference the general provisions, ...

This document may be called the Security Instrument, Deed of Trust, or Mortgage. When you sign this document, you are giving the lender the right to take your property by foreclosure if you fail to pay your mortgage ing to the terms you've agreed to.