Lease option is a lease and an option. They may be combined into one document or may be two and there are variations of them, like a lease with contract for option. The basic lease option provides for the buyer to rent under the terms of the lease with the right (but not the obligation) to buy the property at terms and prices stated in the option document. Normally there is something like first, last and security to be paid for the lease. There is also option premium (the amount you pay to buy an option) which gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation to buy. The option will state the term of the option and the strike price or prices. The strike price is the price the buyer can buy the house for at various periods of time. For example, it would be possible to buy at $100,000 for 12 months and maybe $105,000 in the second 12 months and there would be a date specific at which time the option would expire and then become worthless. If prices of the houses go up the buyer would be more likely to exercise his option and buy the house. If prices went down, he could simply choose not to buy. Which means he would not have to sell the house, would not have to pay marketing and sales so costs and could simply leave as he could under the terms of the lease. Some of the money paid usually becomes a credit for the buyer. The lease option may or may not also provide a mortgage for the buyer and may state the terms of the mortgage. Rent to Own is a more generic term. Basically it means the same as lease option and is usually used for lower priced houses. A $150,000 house might be available as a rent to own. a $900,000 house would be more likely to be offered as a lease option. But both terms would really be equally applicable for high and low priced houses and usage would tend to be a function of who is talking to whom.
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