
What is Islamic Mortgage ?
( Muslim Mortgage
/ Halal Mortgage )
In
an Islamic
mortgage transaction, instead of loaning the
buyer money to purchase the Halal
product, a Islamic
Bank might purchase the Halal
product itself from
the
seller, and re-sell it to the purchaser at a profit, while
permitting the purchaser to
pay the Islamic Bank
in installments.
However,
the fact that it is profit cannot be
made explicit and therefore there are no additional charges for late
payment.
In order to protect itself against default, the Islamic Bank
asks for strict
collateral.
The goods or land is registered
to the name of the purchaser from the
start of the transaction. This arrangement is called Murabaha and
consider Halal.