A mortgage is a transfer of interest over a property as a collateral or security to a debt or loan usually in money. It is just a security to borrowed money where the transfer of interest to the lender will be returned to the borrower when the amount loaned have been satisfied or performed.
There are two most common types of mortgage, real property mortgage and chattel mortgage. Real property mortgage is when real property is used to secure a loan. Chattel mortgage is when a purchaser borrows funds to purchase movable objects or chattel from the lender, the lender secures the loan with a mortgage over the chattel.
There are some things that go with securing a mortgage like the interest rate, the terms of payments, refinancing, broker commissions and other incidental costs that may affect the transaction. The borrowers do not only incur costs when starting or opening a loan but also when they refinance or close a loan. There is however no closing mortgage cost.
No cost closing mortgage is a loan where the broker or lender pays all of the closing costs. These costs include title and escrow fees, appraisal, lender's fees, credit report fees and other expenses which are non-recurring over the life of the loan.
No costs closing mortgage usually carries with it slightly higher interest rate. The benefits of this loan will be realized by a borrower if he plans to keep the loan long-term to be able to have enough time where the high interest will absorb the closing costs which were paid by the broker or lender. If the borrower plans to keep the loan short-term, he may opt to pay the closing costs and have a lower interest rate.
In choosing between no closing cost mortgage and that with a closing cost mortgage, the homeowner should calculate which of the two options will give a superior price. The total closing cost must be compared with the increment of the interest rate with closing cost and no closing cost and see which is lower.