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Land contract
 See Contract for deed.
 
Late charge
 The penalty a borrower pays when a payment is made after the due date.
 
Lease
 A written agreement between the property owner and a tenant that stipulates rent to be paid, as well as the terms under which the tenant may reside in the real estate for a designated period of time
 
Leasehold estate
 The tenant's right to title to a property for a specific period of time whereby the tenant does not actually own the property but has a long-term lease on it.
 
Lease option
 A lease that gives the tenant the right to purchase the property, either during the lease term or at its end.
 
Lender's Title Insurance
 An insurance policy covering a lender for the loan amount, whereby the coverage declines in amount as the loan is paid off, to the point where there coverage ends when the loan is paid completely
 
Lessee
 The individual or party who takes property upon a lease.
 
Lessor
 The individual or party who grants property upon a lease.
 
Liabilities
 An individual's financial obligations.
 
Lien
 A legal claim or charge allowed to a creditor against a debtor's property that must be paid when the property is sold to transfer title.
 
Life estate
 The right to use, occupy and own, for the duration of the life of the individual.
 
Lifetime payment cap, or Lifetime rate cap
 The limit on the amount that payments can increase or decrease over the term of an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM).
 
Liquid asset[/TAG-TEC]
 Cash, or an asset that can be readily converted into cash.
 
Liquidated damages
 The compensation predetermined by both parties to a contract to be paid to the injured party, should the other party breach the contract.
 
Lis pendens
 A legal document filed in either a federal or state court indicating that a suit is pending against property located in the county where the notice is recorded.
 
Listing agreement
 A contract by which a broker is employed by the seller to find a buyer for the seller's real estate, according to the seller's terms, and for which service, the broker is paid a commission
 
Listing broker
 A broker whose office initiates the property listing (as opposed to the cooperating broker, whose office negotiates the sale); the listing broker and the cooperating broker may be the same person
 
Loan origination
 The process by which a lender sets up a mortgage loan secured by real property.
 
Loan origination fee
 The fee charged by the lender to the borrower for setting up a mortgage loan, usually computed as a percentage of the total mortgage amount.
 
Loan-to-value (LTV) percentage
 The proportion of the amount of the mortgage loan against the appraised value or sales price of the piece of property being pledged as collateral; e.g., a home with appraised value of $100,000 but with a $90,000 mortgage has a LTC of 90 percent
 
Lock-in
 A guaranteed interest rate established at the time of closing which is honored if the mortgage closes within a certain period of time, also usually establishing the number of points to be paid at closing as well
 
Lock-in period
 The time period during which the set interest rate is guaranteed to the borrower.
 
Loss Payable Clause
 A provision in an insurance policy that provides payment for any loss to two or more parties, as their interest so justifies, the two parties typically being the owner and the lender.
 
Lot
 A parcel of land with fixed boundaries as determined by a survey.

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