Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. A level of risk associated with the borrower may be determined based on credit information of the borrower; a first credit line may be established based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the first credit line being set as a debt of the mortgage; a second credit line may be established based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the second credit line being set as a maximum to which the debt of the mortgage may be increased during the mortgage; and the mortgage may be offered to the borrower with the established first and second credit lines, such that a single first lien may serve as security for the first and second credit lines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2011
Assignee:
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)
Inventors:
Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Walter C. Muren
Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a level of risk associated with the borrower based on credit information of the borrower; establishing a first credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the first credit line being set as a debt of the mortgage; establishing a second credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the second credit line being set as a maximum to which the debt of the mortgage may be increased during the mortgage; and offering the mortgage to the borrower with the established first and second credit lines, such that a single first lien may serve as security for the first and second credit lines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 31, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2011
Assignee:
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)
Inventors:
Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Walter C. Muren
Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention provide a mortgage with a primary credit line and a sliding credit line, such that the borrower may request to borrow from the sliding credit line as part of the original mortgage. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a level of risk associated with the borrower based on credit information of the borrower; establishing a first credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the first credit line being set as a debt of the mortgage; establishing a second credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the borrower, the second credit line being set as a maximum to which the debt of the mortgage may be increased during the mortgage; and offering the mortgage to the borrower with the established first and second credit lines, such that a single first lien may serve as security for the first and second credit lines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 31, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2011
Assignee:
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)
Inventors:
Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Walter C. Muren