You would take your existing amount, rate, and tie-in period over to the new property with you. Any additional borrowing will be at a new rate as determined by the lender at the time.Hope that helps.

Hello,I don't think you can port a mortgage from one house to another, someone else may assume the responsibility of your loan if your current lender accept it but that is up to the terms of your contract.

Hey LIL... there's a lot of information missing... best advice I can give you is to contact a local mortgage broker, not a bank and let him look at the complete picture... he should be able to guide you to the right loan product... WilliamAcres.com

20 years in the business, and I have never heard the term "Port". Tried to look it up, and came up with nothing. Can some of you other brokers enlighten me to the term, or it's meaning? Thanks.

I am with you lbennett, I have never heard of the term port in the mortgage business either?

The concept of "Porting" a loan from one property to another, or substituting collateral has been attempted by at least one credit union, that I am aware of, but that was over 10 years. If his loan is either a government insured/guaranteed loan like FHA or VA, or if the loan is a conforming Fannie or Freddie loan, it is unlikely the loan includes this feature. The loan documents will tell you for sure. If the documents do include such a provision then more than likely only the current bank will be able to assist you in determining what the requirements are. Otherwise, you are looking at obtaining a new loan for the new property. ~ Bert Carpenter, The LoansA2z team of NOVA Home Loans ~ NMLS 40586 ~ www.LoansA2z.com

Have you got a buyer yet for the $249,000 house? Does this price make it a short sale? Have you considered allowing a buyer to assume the loan through a land trust? (More info on that at http://fencetalk.com/) There is a company in CA which specializes in this form of transaction.Wayne BarnesBroker AssociateColdwell Banker SelectTulsa, OK www.come2ok.com