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Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others. MER stands for Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others.
mortgage electronic registration system inc mers is a company that was created by the mortgage banking industry mers maintains a database that tracks mortgages for its members as they are transferred from bank to bankince the loan is in mers name in the land records this saves time and recording costs because multiple assignments are not necessary each time the loan changes hands mers does not own the underlying debt while mers then acts as mortgagee in county land records it does not actually own the promissory note