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Blanket Mortgage

 
Investment Dictionary: Blanket Mortgage

A mortgage which covers two or more pieces of real estate. The real estate is held as collateral on the mortgage, but the individual pieces of the real estate may be sold without retiring the entire mortgage.

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This is an alternative to a developer having to take out numerous individual properties within a large property purchase that they intend to sell in individual parts. The blanket mortgages are typically taken out to cover the costs of purchasing and developing land that developers plan to subdivide into individual lots.

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Single mortgage that covers more than one parcel of real estate. Sometimes a developer subdivides a tract of land into lots and obtains a blanket mortgage on the whole tract. A Release provision in the mortgage allows the developer to sell individual lots over time without Retiring the entire mortgage.

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A single Mortgage that covers more than one parcel of real estate.
Example: A developer subdivides a tract of land into lots and obtains a blanket mortgage on the whole tract. A Release provision in the mortgage allows the developer to sell individual lots over time without Retiring the entire mortgage.

 
 
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