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What is equitable title?

The buyer’s right, after signing a valid purchase contract, to obtain legal title at closing, as distinct from legal title, which the seller retains until the deed is delivered.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.