equity of redemption

equity of redemption
equity of redemption ˌequity of reˈdemption noun [uncountable] LAW FINANCE
the right of someone who has borrowed money to buy property to keep their property even if they do not make repayments on the loan for a period of time, but then continue with repayments or repay the loan and pay any costs to the lender:

• The debtor has an equity of redemption, which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay, and it becomes plain that he can not or will not pay.

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equity of redemption UK US noun [S] LAW, PROPERTY
the legal right to own a property after having paid a mortgage on it, even if some payments have been late: »

Where the payments on a mortgage have not been met and the instrument has not been foreclosed, the mortgagor still has what is known as an equity of redemption.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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