MORTGAGE RECAST

The act of recalculating the remaining scheduled principal and interest payments according to a new amortization schedule. Some mortgages may allow recomputation in order to suit lenders’ financial situation. The interest rate can be lowered and/or the remaining term be prolonged. Most of the time, it is associated with a negative amortization mortgage that must recast at some point so the mortgage will be paid off at the end of its scheduled term.