Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BUY-DOWN MORTGAGE
  
  A temporary buy-down is a mortgage on which an initial lump sum payment is made by any party to reduce a borrower’s monthly payments during the first few years of a mortgage. A permanent buy-down reduces the interest rate over the entire life of a mortgage.
  
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