Noun

Singular ownership equity

Plural uncountable

ownership equity (uncountable)

  1. (accounting) The remaining interest in all assets after all liabilities are paid.

Synonyms

  • owner's equity

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Mon Feb 1 12:08:48 2010

In accounting and finance, equity is the residual claim or interest of the most junior class of investors in an asset, after all liabilities are paid. If valuations placed on assets do not exceed liabilities, negative equity exists. In an accounting context, Shareholders' equity (or stockholders' equity, shareholders' funds, shareholders' capital or similar terms) represents the remaining interest in assets of a company, spread among individual shareholders of common or preferred stock.

At the start of a business, owners put some funding into the business to finance assets. Businesses can be considered to be, for accounting purposes, sums of liabilities and assets; this is the accounting equation. After liabilities have been accounted for, the positive remainder is deemed the owner's interest in the business.

This definition is helpful put into receivership or bankruptcy. Then, a series of creditors, ranked in priority sequence, have the first claim on the proceeds (e.g. asset sales), and ownership equity is the last or residual claim against assets, paid only after all other creditors are paid. In such a case, creditors may not get enough money to pay their bills, and nothing is left over to reimburse owners' equity. Thus owners' equity is reduced to zero. Ownership equity is also known as risk capital, liable capital and equity.

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Sun Jan 3 18:44:48 2010

Costs/Negatives to transfer house deed from my business to personal ownership to get home equity loan?
Q. My business owns a home; and I want to transfer that home to myslef, in my own name. The home is paid-off. This will allow me to take out a home-equity loan. Are there costs/tax rammifications? Is there a negative I cannot currently detect? Thank you so much.
Asked by dougsuessegger - Wed Jul 30 09:40:07 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The bank won't loan on a house in your business name . You are getting a mortgage and it will have to be your mortgage; not the business'. You get a tax deduction for the loan. You must make the payments. Very simple. .
Answered by Ed Atun - Wed Jul 30 10:37:27 2008

what is the difference between voting and non voting equity? with whom does the ownership of the company rests?
Q. what is the difference between voting and non voting equity? with whom does the ownership of the company rests?
Asked by m s - Sat Sep 5 03:55:26 2009 - - 0 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Shareholders who own equity have rights to vote in the company's General meetings or Annual General meeting. Those shareholders who have no voting rights cannot vote in general or annual general meeting. The ownership of the company rests with all shareholders.
Answered by Eddy T - Sat Sep 5 04:06:27 2009

How do I solicit a transfer of home ownership? or find potential investors?
Q. We brought a second 3 bedroom home in a good neighborhood in San Leandro,CA about 2 yrs ago. After a series of family crisis we decided that our real estate investments just took up more time and money than our family can afford. We have a renter in the property and aren't willing to sell the property without the renter occupying the property; limiting the renovations we can do to prepare the property to sell. Can anyone help with informaiton on a transfer of ownership? With 2 years of equity in this market; such a slim margin of profit makes selling threw a realtor too pricey and like I mention before we can only do minimal updates. We just want the freedom to spend time with family and travel. We'd be looking for someone to assume… [cont.]
Asked by noguru - Thu Nov 9 13:48:50 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You say you don't have the equity to sell to an end user though a Realtor... then do you have enough equity that an investor will be willing to buy it? For someone to assume the loan, rather than get a new loan today, the interest rate must be worth it, and it needs to be a fixed rate. Make sure that if someone offers to have you "transfer" the ownership to them, that they either get a new loan or actually qualify through your mortgage company to assume your loan and that you get a release of liability. If you don't have enough equity for this, then rent it out to people with good credit until you do have the equity.
Answered by teran_realtor - Mon Nov 13 22:42:04 2006

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