Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. To understand the use of a tax reimbursement clause you need to first ...

Discover how subordination clauses protect lenders in loans and mortgages, ensuring debt priority and secure repayments in refinancing, foreclosures, or bankruptcy.

If your home is damaged while you're still paying it off, the mortgagee clause stipulates that the insurance provider will pay your mortgage lender for the loss.

When a homeowner sells a property with a mortgage, in most cases, they will need to pay off the mortgage at closing. A due-on-sale clause specifies that the remaining balance of a mortgage must be ...

A proposed ban on non-compete clauses for most workers was one of the budget's rare surprises, which wasn't flagged until an official leak within a few hours of Jim Chalmers getting up to deliver his ...

When engaging in a real estate transaction, it's important to understand the details of your mortgage agreement - especially clauses that dictate how ownership can be transferred. One such provision ...

We all know paying your mortgage on time is important. But you might not know how big of a deal it could be to miss a single payment. Most mortgage loans include an acceleration clause, which could ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

You should have had a release clause, Alexander! Imagine the strife and anger that could have been avoided had Isak’s agent insisted on inserting a figure of, say, £120million into the six-year ...

Insurance policies are filled with clauses that can significantly impact your finances, often without you realizing it. Understanding these clauses can help you make informed decisions and potentially ...

Transfers have almost become a sport of their own within modern football. With every transfer window comes the winners and the losers, the coups and the flops. The fanfare and the money spent is ...

Sometimes grammar is easy. You don’t even have to understand it to get it right. For example, without knowing the first thing about verb conjugation or subject pronouns, you probably have no ...