Glossary of Reverse Mortgage Terms

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Eminent domain - the right of a government to take private property for public use; for example, taking private land to build a highway.
Expected interest rate - in the HECM program, the interest rate used to determine a borrower's loan advance amounts; it equals the 10-year rate for U.S. Treasury Securities, plus a margin (see below).