Mortgage Encyclopedia: An Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls

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Customer Reviews:

It depends on context. [Posted on 2007-05-22]
If you are in the industry, great reference book.

However, if you are a first time buyer, this book has a lot of technical terms within the definitions! So technical, it can make you head spin!

Wealth of info! [Posted on 2007-07-27]
Wow, what a book!! Tons of info!! Highly recommend to anyone shopping for a mortgage.

It is "fair" to "good", augments vocabulary that is unknown. [Posted on 2007-07-30]
Been of the non-real estate profession, it has enlightened my reading arsenal, well at least I hope so. Also, I'd like to thank you for not having any problems during delivery. Once again thanks. Hubert M.

Indispensible guide to mortgages [Posted on 2008-01-25]
Jack Guttentag's Mortgage Encyclopedia includes more raw information helpful to understanding the language, terms, and structure of a commercial or home mortgage than any other book on the market.

The book is organized just the way it says - as an encyclopedia, in alphabetical order by topic. There is a useful index/table of contents up front which make it possible to quickly check to see if your topic of interest or one related to it is included in the book, and then each of those topics are given from a paragraph to a couple of pages of definition or explanation. For mathematical concepts all sorts of clearly explained charts are presented, and every topic is easy to understand for even a complete amateur.

If you are looking at generating or getting into a conventional or even somewhat nonconventional financing instrument, you will find what you are looking for in this book. If the book has a weakness or omission, it is that there is really no information on getting mortgages through private lenders, venture capitalists, or nonconventional sources (as happens to be my business).

Nonetheless, both mortgage professionals as well as anyone interested in fully understanding the terms of their own mortgages and lending instruments stands to learn a great deal by reading through this book, or simply using it as a reference tool for individual items and terms. Highly recommended.

Mortgage Books [Posted on 2008-05-25]
This was one of several books I ordered as learning and reference tools as I embark on my new career as a loan officer. While I have not read any of the books from cover to cover, they are all serving me well as reference and training tools. The book was shipped in a timely manner and arrived in the condition described.

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