Patents Assigned to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)
  • Patent number: 7945510
    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
  • Patent number: 7941365
    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
  • Patent number: 7941366
    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