LEASE BALANCE

The unpaid cost or portion that a customer owes in a vehicle lease contract. It becomes significant in two main scenarios: first, if a car is destroyed, stolen and not recovered or totaled in an accident; and second, if the lessee wants to terminate the lease prematurely for whatever reason. A vehicle’s fair market is different from the lease balance. The market value may depreciate at the beginning of its life, but the lease balance remains flat in the course of the agreement.

It is reduced as an individual fulfills its monthly payments and is calculated according to the method like the Constant Yield (Actuarial) Method.