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  2. Real Estate Definitions Every Seller Should Know - AOL

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    When it comes to selling a home there's a lot to know beyond staging and setting a reasonable list price. As with any industry, there are real estate definitions (homestead, quit-claim) and a set ...

  3. Lien - Wikipedia

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    dragnet lien (United States)—a lien that is enlarged to cover any additional credit extended to the debtor to the same creditor. environmental lien—a charge, security, or encumbrance on a property's title to secure payment of cost or debt arising from response actions, cleanup, or other remediation of hazardous substances or petroleum products.

  4. Mechanic's lien - Wikipedia

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    A mechanic's lien is a security interest in the title to property for the benefit of those who have supplied labor or materials that improve the property. The lien exists for both real property and personal property. In the realm of real property, it is called by various names, including, generically, construction lien.

  5. Title search - Wikipedia

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    In real estate business and law, a title search or property title search is the process of examining public records and retrieving documents on the history of a piece of real property to determine and confirm property's legal ownership, and find out what claims or liens are on the property. [1]

  6. Mortgage liens: What they are and how they work - AOL

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    Federal tax lien: The IRS can place a lien on your property due to failure to pay your federal taxes. This lien can cover your personal property as well as other real estate assets, any vehicles ...

  7. This NC hospital canceled 11,500 liens it placed on patient ...

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    Atrium Health placed these liens on thousands of patient homes to secure unpaid medical debts. Although legal, these liens allowed the hospital to claim payment if the homeowner sold or refinanced ...

  8. Home equity loan - Wikipedia

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    Home equity loans are often used to finance major expenses such as home repairs, medical bills, or college education. A home equity loan creates a lien against the borrower's house and reduces actual home equity. [1] Most home equity loans require good to excellent credit history, reasonable loan-to-value and combined loan-to-value ratios.

  9. Title insurance - Wikipedia

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    The new firm, Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Philadelphia, would "insure the purchasers of real estate and mortgages against losses from defective titles, liens and encumbrances," and that "through these facilities, transfer of real estate and real estate securities can be made more speedily and with greater security than heretofore."