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Purchasing a home is a smart investment. Yet whether you are buying a home, refinancing or simply renewing, the mortgage you choose is an important decision. Working with an independent mortgage professional is the first thing you can do to ensure the process is simple, convenient, and in your best interest.

FIRST MORTGAGE:

Gives the lender a primary lien / charge against your house and property which has precedence over all other mortgages. Priority is determined by the date and time registered, so a first mortgage was literally and legally registered "first". A new first mortgage can therefore only be registered as a "first" mortgage upon the discharge of an existing one if the holder of a second mortgage "postpones" (i.e., "puts back in time") to a time immediately following the registration of the new first mortgage.

Use our Mortgage Terms Glossary to learn more about mortgages and the process you’ll go through to obtain one.

Adjustments on Closing Amortization
Appraisal Assessment
Assignment of Interest Assumable Mortgage
Blend and Extend Buy-Down
Buyer's Agent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Cap Rate Closing
Closed Mortgage Commitment Letter
Compliance Letter Connection Charges
Conventional Mortgage Convertible Mortgage
Credit Report Default
Double-Up Down Payment
Equity Five-Percent Down Program
First Mortgage Genworth Financial Canada
Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDS) Hedge
High-Ratio Mortgage Home Inspection Report
Interest Rate Differential Lien
Loan-to-Value Ratio Mortgage Broker
Mortgagee Mortgage Insurance
Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Municipal Levies
Open Mortgage Pith
Portable Mortgage Prepayment Privilege(s)
Prepayment Penalty Princiapal
Refinance Registration Fees
Simple Interest Survey
Switch Tax Certificate
Title Insurance Total Debt Service Ratio (TDS)
Undertaking Underwriting
Variable Rate Mortgage (VRM) Verification of Employment
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