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Deferred interest

This is where interest that is due on the mortgage is put off until a later date.
These types of mortgages were commonly used when rates were much higher back in the late 80's and early to mid 90's people used the ability to defer interest until rates dropped at which point they could afford to pay it. Fortunately rates did drop and they worked out to be quite a good deal.
Extreme care should be taken when using mortgages that defer interest, as there is a strong likelihood of getting into negative equity because the interest that you defer just gets added to the overall debt meaning your mortgages gets bigger and bigger.

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