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life act

life act Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act and amendments. This act of Congress allows foreign spouses of American citizens, the children of those

no cash out refinance

loan only for the amount remaining on the mortgage. The borrower does not get any cash against the equity of the home. Also called a "rate and term refinance." Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

owner

is considered to have rights or obligations of an owner regardless of legal title on the ground of equity [do not have legal title but, upon execution of the contract, they became equitable owners and have power

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party

an older and more rigid basis for determination. The rule states that “the court shall determine whether in equity and good conscience the action should proceed among the parties before it, or should be dismissed, the absent

premises

of the real estate and that precedes the habendum b : the preliminary part of a bill in equity that states the facts, names the wrongs, and identifies the defendants 2 : a tract of land with

private mortgage insurance

borrower is giving the lender a mortgage on property in which the borrower has less than 20 percent equity

recoupment

a keeping back of all or part of a sum sought by a plaintiff in the interest of equity see also equitable recoupment b : a reduction in damages because of a demand by the defendant arising

redemption

redemption : the act, process, or fact of redeeming see also equity of redemption, right of redemption re·demp·tive [-demp-tiv] adj

reverse mortgage (hecm)

reverse mortgage (hecm) the reverse mortgage is used by senior homeowners age 62 and older to convert the equity in their home into monthly streams of income and/or a line of credit to be repaid when they

liable

bind, from Latin ligare] 1 : answerable according to law : bound or obligated according to law or equity [one is as an accomplice to the crime of another "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."]

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