Learning Objectives

– Explain the concept of a “mortgage” and the differences between a “mortgagee” and “mortgagor”

– Explain the difference between a legal mortgage

and an equitable mortgage

– Describe the implied and express terms of a mortgage

– Recognize and describe an interim blanket mortgage, a vendor take-back mortgage, a reverse annuity mortgage, and bridge financing, and

explain why each might be used

– Understand the scope and effect of the federal

– Interest Act and Criminal Code and explain how they affect mortgages

– Explain the scope and effect of relevant provincial legislation and how they affect mortgages

– Explain how a lender assigns a mortgage, and the rights and obligations of the lender, the borrower, and the assignee

– Explain how a mortgage can be assumed and what risks are involved, including the continuing liability of the original borrower

– Apply the provisions of various provincial and federal legislation to the issue of priority

– Describe the relief available to a lender in a foreclosure proceeding

– Describe the steps involved in a foreclosure proceeding that ends in a sale by the owner, judicial sale, order approving sale, or order absolute of foreclosure, and the rights of the parties involved

– Describe an agreement for sale and how it differs from a vendor take-back mortgage