Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BUY DOWN (ACCOUNT OR MORTGAGE)
  
  The payment of extra money on a loan now so as to reduce the interest rate over a given period or over the life of the loan. This extra payment may be made by the borrower, by the lender (as an incentive to the borrower to borrow from the lender) or by the vendor/builder (as an incentive to the borrower to buy a certain property).
  
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