mortgage is a process of
using assets as security History of mortgage
for the compensation of a
debt. The term mortgage refers to At common law, a mortgage was
the legal apparatus used in transference of land that on its
securing a property; however it face was absolute and conveyed a
is also normally used to refer to fee simple estate, save for which
the debt secured by the mortgage. was in fact conditional, and
In the majority of jurisdictions would be of no effect if certain
mortgages are strongly linked conditions were not met. The
with loans secured on real estate conditions could usually be, but
rather than other property and in not necessarily, the repayment of
some cases merely land may be a debt to the original landowner.
mortgaged. The mortgage debt remained in
effect whether or not the land
Arranging a mortgage is seen as could productively produce an
the typical method by which adequate amount of income to
individuals or businesses can repay the debt.
purchase residential or
commercial real estate with no The difficulty with this
need to pay the full value arrangement was that the lender
immediately. In many countries it was total owner of the property
is usual for home purchase to be and could sell it, or refuse to
funded by a mortgage. In reconvey it to the borrower, who
countries where the requirement was in a feeble position.
for home ownership is highest, Increasingly the courts of equity
strong domestic markets have began to defend the borrower's
developed, particularly in Great interests, so that a borrower
Britain, Spain and the United came to have a complete right to
States. insist on reconveyance on
redemption. This pact, whereby purchase money for the property.
the mortgagee (the lender) was on
assumption the absolute Debtor: The debtor or debtors
possessor, but in practice had must meet the requirements of the
few of the practical rights of mortgage conditions imposed by
ownership, was seen in many the creditor so as to avoid the
jurisdictions as being with creditor enacting provisions of
embarrassment artificial. the mortgage to recover the debt.
Usually the debtors will be the
By statute the common law individual homeowners, landlords
position was distorted so that or businesses who are purchasing
the mortgagor would keep hold of their property by way of a loan.
ownership, but the mortgagee's
rights, such as foreclosure, the Legal Aspects
power of sale and the right to
take possession would be There are essentially two types
secluded. of legal mortgage: mortgage by
demise and mortgage by legal
Creditor and Debtor- two pillars charge. In a mortgage by demise,
of mortgage the creditor becomes the
possessor of the mortgaged
There are different terms property until the loan is repaid
assigned to particular persons in full. This is known as
and processes. Some of them are redemption. This type of mortgage
discussed as follows. takes
Creditor: The creditor has the form of transference of the
legal rights to the debt secured property to the creditor,
by the mortgage and frequently with a stipulation that the
makes a loan to the debtor of the property will be returned on
redemption. by legal charge is more often
than not recorded in a public
In a mortgage by legal charge, register.
the debtor remains the Since a mortgage loan is the
officially authorized possessor largest debt owed by the debtor,
of the property, banks and other mortgage lenders
the creditor gains run title searches of the real
sufficient rights over it to property to make certain that
enable them to enforce their there are no mortgages already
security, such as registered on the debtor's
oa right to take possession of property that might have higher
the property or sell it. priority!
To protect the lender, a mortgage
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