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  2. Deed of reconveyance: What it is and how it works - AOL

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    A deed of reconveyance, also known as a satisfaction of mortgage, is a document that proves you've paid off your mortgage. The deed of reconveyance releases the lien the mortgage lender placed on ...

  3. Conveyancing - Wikipedia

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    In law, conveyancing is the transfer of legal title of real property from one person to another, or the granting of an encumbrance such as a mortgage or a lien. [1] A typical conveyancing transaction has two major phases: the exchange of contracts (when equitable interests are created) and completion (also called settlement, when legal title passes and equitable rights merge with the legal title).

  4. Mortgage law - Wikipedia

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    This was the mortgage by conveyance (aka mortgage in fee) or, when written, the mortgage by charter and reconveyance [8] and took the form of a feoffment, bargain and sale, or lease and release. Since the lender did not necessarily enter into possession, had rights of action, and covenanted a right of reversion on the borrower, the mortgage was ...

  5. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems - Wikipedia

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    Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) is an American privately held corporation. [1] MERS is a separate and distinct corporation that serves as a nominee on mortgages after the turn of the century and is owned by holding company MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., which owns and operates an electronic registry known as the MERS system, which is designed to track servicing rights and ...

  6. Bargain and sale deed - Wikipedia

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    This is a deed "for which the grantor implies to have or have had an interest in the property but offers no warranties of title to the grantee." [2]Under common law, this type of deed technically created a use in the buyer who then gets the title. [3]

  7. Deed in lieu of foreclosure - Wikipedia

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    A deed in lieu of foreclosure is a deed instrument in which a mortgagor (i.e. the borrower) conveys all interest in a real property to the mortgagee (i.e. the lender) to satisfy a loan that is in default and avoid foreclosure proceedings.

  8. Home Equity Theft Prevention Act - Wikipedia

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    A reconveyance arrangement has two elements: (i) A sale, mortgage, lien, encumbrance or any other method which allows an "equity purchaser" to obtain legal or equitable title to all or part of the property; and (ii) Some agreement or promise to the "equity seller" that he/she can regain ownership of the property (e.g., the purchase agreement ...

  9. Deed of trust (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    A deed of trust refers to a type of legal instrument which is used to create a security interest in real property and real estate.In a deed of trust, a person who wishes to borrow money conveys legal title in real property to a trustee, who holds the property as security for a loan from the lender to the borrower.