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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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Historically it refers to a scroll that is a deed delivered to a third person to hold until a future condition is satisfied.

In real estate transactions, it refers to the period during which a third party holds the proceeds from the sale of a home until both the buyer and seller sign their documents.

What be it?

3 comments:

Shrey Goyal said...

Escrow

Smiegol said...

It seems like escrow.

bv said...

It does smell like Escrow, but to refer to a 'period' as escrow is something I hadn't encountered before.