There is a difference between an existing note secured by deed of trust and being assumed, and a sale subject to a note and deed of trust.

When a buyer assumes an existing loan, he signs and Assumption agreement with the lender. In this agreement, the buyer agrees to assume the responsibility for paying the remaining balance of payments, and to comply with all the other terms and conditions of the loan. The lender may can choose to:

1. Release the previous trustor from all responsible you to pay

2. Retained a former pay are responsible, so that he must make payments if the new trustor fails to pay

3. Activate the acceleration clause in the deed of trust, by either demanding payment in full or by changing the interest rate.

If the sale is designed subject to, the buyer friendly signs any sort of agreement with the lender committing himself responsible or liable to make payments of to perform any other obligations. After escrow closes, based on the knowledge that the lender will have no objection to this arrangement so long as payments and other obligations are met regularly and they don't loss to the lender. If the buyer fails to perform in meeting the obligations under the loan, the lender will probably simply filed a notice of default and cause the trustee under the deed of trust us to a foreclosure action.

When a buyer takes a loan under a subject to arrangement, the seller is not legally released from a responsibility. The main difference is that a lender cannot activate an acceleration agreement under the subject to arrangement - a very important consideration for a buyer.