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Endowment selling is the selling of an endowment policy to a third party instead of surrendering it to the original life assurance company.This is often done in an attempt to gain more money than the value given when surrendering.
An endowment policy is a life insurance contract designed to pay a lump sum after a specific term (on its 'maturity') or on death. [1] [2] These are long-term policies, often designed to repay a mortgage loan, with typical maturities between ten and thirty years within certain age limits.
A life settlement or viatical settlement (from Latin viaticum, something received before death) [1] is the sale of an existing life insurance policy (typically of seniors) for more than its cash surrender value, but less than its net death benefit, [2] to a third party investor. [3]
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An endowment mortgage is a mortgage loan arranged on an interest-only basis where the capital is intended to be repaid by one or more (usually Low-Cost) endowment policies. The phrase "endowment mortgage" is used mainly in the United Kingdom by lenders and consumers to refer to this arrangement and is not a legal term. The borrower has two ...
A real estate transaction is the process whereby rights in a unit of property (or designated real estate) are transferred between two or more parties, e.g., in the case of conveyance, one party being the seller(s) and the other being the buyer(s). It can often be quite complicated due to the complexity of the property rights being transferred ...
In the United States, private property is protected by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution from seizure by the government without "just compensation". Under the concept of eminent domain, local and national government agencies are entitled to take private property for purposes in the public interest, but must offer owners compensation amounting to the value of the property.
The quitclaim deed is also sometimes used, although this document is most often used to disclaim any interest in a property rather than selling a property that one owns. A grant deed includes a detailed property description, which helps avoid confusion or disputes regarding the boundaries and characteristics of the property being transferred.