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What is leasehold?

A tenant’s property interest created by a lease: possession and use rights for a defined period, without owning the underlying real estate. Can have independent economic value.

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.