property transfer
Deed changes hands
Property transfer is the legal conveyance of ownership rights from one party to another.
Real estate transactions are the most common context: The property transfer was recorded at the county clerk's office.
The term covers sales, gifts, inheritances, and other mechanisms by which title passes.
A property transfer tax may apply when ownership changes hands.
- deedWritten property conveyance
- grantorOne who transfers rights
- novationContract party substitution
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- real estateLand and its structures
buyer · title · title search · clear title · seller · assignment · closing statement · donee · quitclaim · deed of trust · legal title · bill of sale · contract · escrow account · notary · alienation · promissory note · sale
- land registrycadastre, land register, land registry, land title, title deed
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, sale, rent
- transfershandoff, hand off, handover, relay, baton pass
- property transfertitle, lease, conveyance, mortgage, will
- property transfersland sale, home sale, inheritance, conveyance, sale
- real estate documentsdeed, lease, mortgage, title, contract