Option ARM definition

Option ARM means an adjustable rate mortgage loan with flexible payment options (a) on which the Mortgagor may pay a low rate of interest for the initial Monthly Payments and a substantially higher rate of interest in the later years of such Mortgage; (b) which is underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines and (c) for which the related Mortgagor has a FICO score greater than 660.
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Option ARM means a right to buy or sell the obligation to deliver a specified amount of a financial instrument for a specific price or yield on or before a specific date in the future.
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Option ARM means an adjustable rate first lien mortgage with flexible payment options which combine several of the features described below in clauses (a)(i) through (a)(iv) and permit the borrower to elect whether to make a monthly payment sufficient to pay accrued interest and amortize the principal balance, make an interest-only payment or make a minimum payment that may be insufficient to pay accrued interest (with the unpaid interest added to the principal balance of the loan) and which
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Examples of Option ARM in a sentence

  • These payments were equivalent to approximately 62% of the original principal balance of the Option ARM loans.

  • With respect to unliquidated Option ARM loans that UBS has agreed to repurchase, UBS expects severity rates will be similar to payments made for liquidated loans.

  • Austin Kilgore, “Subprime Problems Persist, as Alt-A, Option ARM Crisis Brews,” HousingWire, January 11, 2010, https://www.housingwire.com/articles/6208-subprime-problems-persist-alt-option-arm-crisis-brews.

  • Payments made by UBS to date to resolve repurchase demands have been for liquidated adjustable rate mortgages that provide the borrower with a choice of monthly payment options (Option ARM loans).

  • This is where the unique features of the Option ARM come into play.

  • A pay-option adjustable-rate mortgage loan (also called an Option ARM) is a mortgage loan where the borrower has the option to make one of three payments, a minimum payment that increases the amount of principal the borrower owns on the mortgage (called negative amortization), an interest-only payment that neither increases or decreases the principal the borrower owns on the mortgage, or a full payment that decreases the amount the borrower owes on the mortgage.

  • At a certain point in the life of an Option ARM, a “reset” occurs and the borrower must always pay the full payment.

  • All of the mortgage loans in this securitization were Option ARMs. At an investor conference in September 2006, Countrywide stated that its underwriting guidelines required that a borrower be able to afford the full payment on the Option ARM.

  • In the 1980s and 1990s, the Option ARM was primarily a niche product directed towards sophisticated borrowers.

  • In response to certain information, CFC and CB decided to limit the types of Pay- Option ARM loans that CB held for investment.


More Definitions of Option ARM

Option ARM means an Asset-Backed Security where the security is backed by cash flows from a pool consisting in whole or in part of pay-option adjustable rate Residential Mortgage Loans.
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Related to Option ARM

  • Option means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

  • Nonstatutory Stock Option means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

  • Stock Option means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6 hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock at such time and price, and subject to such conditions, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

  • Option Exercise Period has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(c).

  • Option Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

  • Nonqualified Option means any Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

  • ISO means an employee incentive stock option described in Section 422(b) of the Code.

  • Option Period means the period during which an Option may be exercised.

  • Stock Option Agreement means the agreement between the Company and an Optionee that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to the Optionee’s Option.

  • Option Right means the right to purchase Common Shares upon exercise of an option granted pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.

  • Option A has the meaning assigned that term in Section 8.03(e).

  • Company Stock Option means each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock outstanding under the Company Stock Plans.

  • Option Grant Date means, as to any Stock Option, the latest of:

  • Incentive Stock Option means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

  • Share Option means a Nonqualified Share Option or an Incentive Share Option.

  • Shoe Option means the Initial Purchasers’ option to purchase up to seventy five million dollars ($75,000,000) aggregate principal amount of additional Notes as provided for in the Purchase Agreement.

  • Incentive Option means an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

  • Notice of Stock Option Grant means the document so entitled to which this Agreement is attached.

  • Option 3 [ ] A Participant satisfies the Plan's Early Retirement Age conditions by attaining age ________ (not less than 55) and completing ________ Years of Vesting Service.

  • Reload Option means any Option granted under Section 6(a)(iv) of the Plan.

  • Stock Option Plan means any stock option plan now or hereafter adopted by the Company or by the Corporation, including the Corporate Incentive Award Plan.

  • Stock Option Plans means any stock option plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner.

  • NQSO means any Option that is not an ISO.

  • Non-Statutory Stock Option means a right to purchase Common Stock granted to an Eligible Recipient pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan that does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

  • Option Exercise Price means the price at which a share of Common Stock may be purchased upon the exercise of an Option.

  • Option Term means a period, if any, through which this Agreement may be or has been extended by the JBE.