Definitions for "Escrow payment"
The portion of a debtor's monthly payment held in trust by the lender to pay for taxes, mortgage insurance, hazard insurance, lease payments, and other items as they become due. ederal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) (Freddie Mac) FHLMC is a stockholder-owned corporation, created in 1970 and chartered by Congress to increase the supply of funds that mortgage lenders, such as commercial banks, mortgage bankers, savings institutions and credit unions, can make available to homebuyers and multi-family investors. The company buys mortgages from lenders, packages these mortgages into securities and sells them to investors.
The portion of the monthly mortgage payment held by the servicer to pay taxes, hazard insurance, mortgage insurance, etc. as they become due.
money held by a third party until the conditions of an agreement are met. For instance, pending the completion of a purchase, the payment for the goods will be held in escrow.