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Which of the following is an example of using leverage in a real estate transaction…?
All of the Above
Inheriting a property from a family member
Obtaining financing to purchase a property
Purchasing a property using all cash
A long term real estate cycle is typically…?
3-5 years
10-15 years
1-2 years
5-7 years
When using leverage to help purchase a residential property, what is typically used to cover the remainder of the purchase price…?
Cash down payment
Seller Financing
Credit Cards
Options Money
Which of the following may be a lender in a real estate transaction…?
Family and Friends
All of the Above
Insurance Company
Commercial Bank
What is the minimum down payment for an FHA insured loan…?
20%
3.5%
50%
10%
The actual ownership of property is known as…?
Secured title
Record Title
Equitable Title
Legal Title
When a borrower hypothecates their property, the lender will maintain…?
Legal Title
Interim Title
Secure title
Equitable title
A borrower is said to be in default of their loan if they do not abide by the terms of the…?
Mortgage
Deed
Promissory Note
Purchase Contract
Which of the following participates in the secondary mortgage market…?
Fannie Mae
All of the Above
Ginnie Mae
Freddie Mac
The secondary mortgage market offers …………..for the primary mortgage market?
Buyers
Supply
Liquidity
Support
The cost of borrowing money is expressed as a/an…?
Flat Fee
Interest Rate
commission
Variable fee
Each district within the Federal Reserve is overseen by a…?
President
Board of Associates
Attorney General
Board of Directors
National member banks of the Federal Reserve must do which of the following…?
Maintain Reserves
Clear Checks
All of the Above
Comply with rules and reglations of federal reserve
The amount borrowed is known as…?
Interest
Deposit
Principal
Reserves
Which of the following helps to limit the impact on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails…?
FDIC
FHLB
TILA
RESPA
Instruments of credit can do which of the following…?
Be regulated by member banks of the Federal Reserve
All of the Above
Collect and clear checks
Administer credit controls
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency falls under the control of the…?
Attorney general
U.S. Treasury
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The U.S. Central bank
Which of the following was designed primarily to insure that prospective borrowers and purchasers on credit receive credit cost information before entering into a transaction…?
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Troubled Asset Relief Program
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Truth in Lending Act
The United States Mint is responsible for which of the following…?
Manufacturing U.S. coins
Producing U,S, Passports
Producing the Federal Reserve notes
Producing Immigration Certificates
HUD is responsible for which of the following activities…?
All of the Above
Supervise the FHA
Direct Ginnie Mae activities
Enforce the Fair Housing Act
HUD oversees which of the following…?
FHA
All of the Above
GNMA
Housing Choice Vouchers
The Housing Choice Voucher Program is an example of…?
Incentive Housing
Subsidized Housing
Renewal Housing
Standard housing
Mortgage insurance premium is obtained on which of the following loans…?
Conventional Loans
VA Loans
FHA Insured Loans
All of the Above
PMI only applies to what types of loans…?
FHA Insured Loans
Conventional Loans
VA Loans
All of the Above
Which of the following originates long-term mortgages for farmers and ranchers…?
Federal Land Bank Association
Production Credit Association
Unimproved Land Association
Raw Land Bank
The USDA Rural Development Program combines the Farmers Home Administration, the Agricultural Cooperative Service Administration, and the...?
FCS
Farm Credit System
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Rural Development Administration
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforces which of the following…?
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Community Reinvestment Act
FNMA
FHLB
Under the ………….., mortgage originators must report the racial characteristics and gender of their applicants?
Community Reinvestment Act
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Fair Housing Act
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
A loan where the interest rate does not fluctuate during the term of the loan is known as a…?
ARM
Variable Rate Loan
Dynamic Rate Loan
Fixed Interest Rate Loan
This occurs when monthly installment payments are insufficient to pay the interest accruing on the principal balance, so that the unpaid interest must be added to the principal due…?
Amortization
Negative Amortization
Variable Balance
Reverse Ammortization
Private mortgage insurance is not needed if the borrower makes a down payment of at least…?
10 Percent
5 Percent
20 Percent
3.5 Percent
Which of the following is paid on FHA insured loans where the borrower puts down a minimum down payment…?
MIP
PMI
ADA
ARM
In this loan type, the principal balance of the loan increases over time…?
Fixed interest rate loan
Fully amortizing loans
Negative Amortization Loans
All of the Above
A mortgage made without governmental underwriting is referred to as a/an…?
FHA Insured Loan
Unconventional Loan
Conventional Loan
VA Loan
Which of the following provides liquidity for lenders in the primary mortgage market…?
Freddie Mac
All of the Above
Fannie Mae
Ginnie Mae
The criteria with which a lender determines the credit worthiness in order to qualify them for the loan is referred to as…?
Underwriting
Appraising
Quantifying
Subsidizing
Which of the following purchases agricultural loans…?
Farmer Mac
Freddie Mac
Ginnie Mae
Fannie Mae
The third party under a deed of trust is known as a…?
Trustee
Trustor
Grantor
Benificiary
A mortgage banker originates and ………..loans?
Records
Implements
Services
Converts
Which of the following REITs directly invests in properties and earns income from rents and sales…?
Private REIT
Equity REIT
Mortgage REIT
Public REIT
This type of REIT purchases loans…?
Private REIT
Mortgage REIT
Public REIT
Equity REIT
A loan provided by the seller of a property or business to the purchaser is known as…?
Seller Financing
Commercial Financing
Conforming Financing
Reverse Financing
The lender on the security of a note and deed of trust is known as the…?
Beneficiary
Grantor
Trustor
Trustee
In a deed of trust, the buyer serves as the…?
Trustee
Trustor
Beneficiary
Guardian
Pension funds typically purchase which of the following…?
Government Securities
Corporate Stocks
Mortgage backed Securities
All of the Above
Which of the following REITs directly invests in properties and earns income from rents and sales…?
Equity REIT
Mortgage REIT
Private REIT
Public REIT
A mortgage REIT primarily earns their income from which of the following…?
Mortgage Interest
Fees Associated with Originating Fees
All of the Above
Selling Mortgages
A REIT must be owned by at least…?
100 Investors
2 Investors
500 investors
1,000 Investors
A lien on all the property of a debtor is known as a…?
Specific Lien
Mortgage Lien
General Lien
Judgement Lien
A lien that attaches to one specific property only is known as a…?
Voluntary Lien
Involuntary Lien
Specific Lien
General Lien
Which of the following estate offers the right of possession and control, but not title…?
Leasehold Estate
Fee Simple Estate
Life Estate
All of the Above
In order for a buyer to take over a seller's existing loan on the property, the loan must contain a/an…?
Release Clause
Assumption Clause
Due On Sale Clause
Subordination Clause
If a buyer assumes a seller's existing mortgage, who is responsible for the payments on the mortgage…?
The Seller
Both buyer and Seller
Neither Buyer or Seller
The Buyer
Which of the following liens takes top priority over other liens…?
Tax Lien
Mortgage Lien
Mechanics Lien
Judgement Liens
According to lien theory, the lender retains equitable rights to the property, while the borrower retains…?
Encumbrance Rights
Land Rights
Legal Rights
Foreclosure Rights
A promissory note includes which of the following…?
Effective Date of the Contract
List of Collateral
All of the Above
Amount of Debt
Which of the following liens takes top priority over other liens…?
Judgement Liens
Mechanics Liens
Mortgage Lien
Tax Lien
If a lender charges an origination fee of 2 points on a $100,000 loan, how much is paid in origination fees…?
1,000 Dollars
2,000 Dollars
20,000 Dollars
200 Dollars
The most common type of loan in a residential transaction is a…?
Term Loan
Fixed interest rate loan
Negative amortization loan
Adjustable rate loan
Which of the following loans are typically utilized by senior homeowners…?
Term Loan
Adjustable rate Mortgage
Graduated Payment Mortgage
Reverse annuity mortgage
A Lease with Option to Purchase is also known as a…?
Leasehold Option
Lease-Purchase Agreement
Fee Option
Package Mortgage
In a typical fixed interest rate loan, the longer the term, the lower the…?
Total Interest Paid
Interest Rate
Monthly Payments
All of the Above
A term loan is an example of a/an…?
Interest Only Loan
Amortized Loan
Adjustable Rate Loan
Gross Amortization Loan
Which of the following loan terms will yield the lowest monthly payment, assuming a fixed interest rate loan at a 4% interest rate…?
10 years
15 Years
20 years
30 years
This type of loan may be offered to individuals who do not qualify for prime rate loans…?
Conforming Loan
FHA Insured Loan
Sub-Prime Loan
VA Loan
The down payment for an FHA insured loan may be paid using which of the following…?
Cash from the borrower
All of the Above
A gift received by the borrower from a family member
A grant received by the borrower
What is the minimum down payment required on an FHA insured loan for a residential investment property…?
10 percent (%)
3.5 percent (%)
20 percent (%)
5 percent (%)
According to FHA guidelines, the seller can contribute up to ………..of the sales price towards the buyer's closing costs?
6 percent (%)
1.75 percent (%)
3 percent (%)
1 percent (%)
Loans that were originated prior to ……..are generally assumable?
2009
2001
1989
1991
VA loans allow up to 4% in …………….towards the buyer?
Sellers Concessions
Origination Fees
Closing Costs
Allowances
The maximum debt-to-income ratio for a VA loan is…?
30 percent (%)
50 percent (%)
41 percent (%)
25 percent (%)
When applying for a VA loan, the Certificate of Reasonable Value essentially serves as the…?
VA Entitlement Certificate
Down payment
Certificate of Eligibility
Appraisal
What is the maximum interest rate change over the life of a VA adjustable rate mortgage…?
2 percentage points
7 percentage points
5 percentage points
10 percentage points
What is the maximum front-end debt-to-income ratio on an FHA loan…?
16 percent (%)
52 percent (%)
23 percent (%)
31 percent (%)
What is the maximum back-end debt-to-income ratio on an FHA loan…?
43 percent (%)
23 percent (%)
52 percent (%)
16 percent (%)
Residential properties are typically valued using which appraisal method…?
CMA
Income capitalization approach
Cost approach
Sales comparison approach
Unique properties are typically valued using which appraisal method…?
Sales comparison approach
Income capitalization approach
Cost approach
CMA
An attorney may issue which of the following…?
All of the above
Survey
Opinion of title
Chain of title
An opinion of value is known as a/an…?
Market analysis
Statement of value
P&L Statement
Appraisal
At closing, property taxes are ……..….between the buyer and seller?
Transferred
Prorated
Eliminated
Appraised
A buyer should receive a/an ………….prior to closing on a property?
Recorded title
Clouded Title
Marketable Title
Unmarketable title
An appraisal determines an estimate of…?
Fair Market Value
Value in use
Asessed Value
Tax Value
Which of the following liens takes the highest priority over other liens…?
Mechanics Lien
Judgement Lien
Mortgage Lien
Tax Lien
Which of the following is a governmental loan modification program…?
HAMP
RESPA
TILA
CFPB
A deed in lieu of foreclosure is an example of a…?
Discharge
Short Sale
Voluntary Conveyeance of Deed
Foreclosure Auction
The mortgagor is the…?
Lender
Borrower
Grantor
Broker
If a property is sold at a foreclosure auction for an amount less than the amount of outstanding debt on the property, the lender may file for a…?
Recorded Judgment
Implied Judgment
Deficiency Judgment
Express Judgement
Under an FHA loan, default occurs after ………..of non-payment by the borrower?
12 Months
6 Months
8 Months
2 Months
In a ……………, the court establishes a specific date for the defaulted amount to be paid?
Strict foreclosure
Judicial foreclosure
Non-judicial foreclosure
Express foreclosure
A lien created by statute which exists against real property in favor of persons who have performed work or furnished materials for the improvement of the real property is known as a…?
Tax Lien
Mechanics Lien
Mortgage Lien
Judgement Lien
A forbearance on a note is known as a…?
Permanent Prohibition
Lis Pendens
Foreclosure
Moratorium
