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A-Glossary
A-frame design
Abstract of judgment, law
Accelerated cost recovery system
Accelerated depreciation
Acceleration clause
Acceptance
Access
Accessibility
Accretion
Acknowledgment
Acre
Acre foot
Active solar system
Actual age
Add-on interest
Addendum
Additional principal payment
Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
Adjusted cost basis
Adjustment period
Administrator/administratrix
Administrator's deed
Adverse possession
Adverse use
Aeolian soil
Affiant
Affirmation
Agency
Agency closing
Agent
Agreed boundary
Agreement of sale
Alcove
Alkali
Alkaline soil
Alley
Allowances behind a row of buildings or between two rows of buildings.
Alternative mortgage
Aluminum siding
Aluminum-clad windows
Amenities
American Society of Home Inspectors
Americans with Disabilities Act
Amortization
Amortization tables
Amperage
Anchor bolt
Annual
Annual mortgagor statement
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Annuity
Anticipatory breach
Application
Application fee
Appraisal
Appraisal fee
Appraisal report
Appraised value
Appreciation
Arbitration
Arbor
Arch
Architect
Architectural fees
Arpent
As-is condition
Asbestos
Asking price
Assessed value
Assessment
Assessment rolls
Assets
Assessor
Assumable mortgage
Assumption clause
Assumption fee
Average price
Avigation easement
Awning windows
Abandonment Value
Attachment
Attornment
A la carte real estate services
Abstract or title search
Abutting
Acceleration clause
Acceptance
Accretion
Ad valorem
Adjustment date
Affidavit
Alienation Clause
Amenities
Amendment
Amortized mortgage
Asking price
Assignee
Assignment
Assumption of mortgage
Attorney's opinion of title
Attractive nuisance
Auction
Access Stair
Access Panel/Door
Act of God
A-Frame
B-Glossary
Back fill
Back title letter
Back-to-back escrow
Backup offer
Backwater valve
Balance sheet
Balloon-frame construction
Balloon loan
Balloon payment
Balustrade
Bankruptcy
Bargain sale
Baseboard
Baseboard electric heat
Basement
Basis Point
Bay
Bay window
Bearing wall
Beneficiary
Before-tax income
Bequest
Betterment
Bidding war
Bilateral contract
Bill of sale
Binder
Biweekly mortgage
Blanket insurance policy
Blanket mortgage
Blighted area
Blind nailing
Blueprint
Blue-ribbon condition
Blue sky laws
Board-and-batten siding
Board foot
Board of Equalization
Boilerplate
Bona fide
Bond
Book value
Boring test
Borough
Borrow
Borrow pit
Boulevard
Boundary
Braced framing
Breach of contract
Breach of covenant
Breach of warranty
Break-even point
Breast height
Breezeway
Brick
Bridge loan
Brokerage
Broker
Broom clean
Brownstone
Buffer strip
Building and loan association
Building code
Building inspector
Building moratorium
Building paper
Building permit
Builder upgrades
Building line or setback
Building restrictions
Built-ins
Bulkhead
Bundle of rights
Bungalow
Butterfly roof
Buy-down mortgage
Buyer broker
Buyer's market
Buyer's remorse
Bylaws
Bullet Loan
Blockbusting
Breaker
Breaker panel
Broker Cooperation
Broad-form homeowner's policy Broad-form homeowner's policy
Build-up rate
Burden of proof
Business opportunity
Buyer listing
C-Glossary
Combined loan-to-value (CLTV)
Compounding method (CM)
Cost-of-funds-index (COFI)
Commitment letter
Common area assessment
Comptroller of the Currency
Confirmation
Conforming loan
Consumer bankruptcy
Consumer credit
Consumer debts
Consumer price index (CPI)
Conventional mortgage/loan
Conversion clause
Credit reporting agency
Credit score
credit scoring system
Cross Break
Conductor
Ceiling Price
Call option
Can lights
Cancellation clause
Cantilever
Cap
Cape Cod style
Capital
Capital expenditure
Capital gains
Capital gains tax
Capital improvement
Capitalization
Capitalization rate
Caravan
Carport
Casement window
Cash flow
Cashier's check
Cash-out refinance
Cathedral ceiling
Caulk
Cavaedium
Caveat
Caveat emptor
Ceiling height
Central air conditioning
Central business district
Certificate of Deposit (CD)
Certificate of deposit index
Certificate of eligibility
Certificate of occupancy
Certificate of sale
Certificate of title
Chair railing
Change frequency
Chattel
Chattel mortgage
Chimney back
Chimney flue
Chimney pot
Cinder block
Cinder fill
Circuit breaker
Cistern
Classified property tax
Clear title
Closing
Closing costs
Closing statement
Cloud on title
Cluster development
Codicil
Co-housing
Co-insurance
Collar beam
Collateral security
Collection
Colonia
Column
Column footing
Co-maker
Combination door/window
Commercial bank
Commercial Real Estate/Property
Commingling
Commission
Commitment
Commitment fee
Common area
Common-area assessments
Common-interest development
Common law
Community property
Community Reinvestment Act
Commute
Comparables or "comps"
Comparative market analysis
Competent
Compound interest
Condemnation
Conditional commitment
Condominium
Condominium conversion
Conduit
Consent judgment
Conservator
Consideration
Construction budget
Construction documents
Construction loan
Construction to permanent loan
Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS)
Contemporary style
Contiguous lots
Contingency
Contingency listing
Contingent fee
Contract
Contract for deed
Contract to purchase
Contractor
Contractual lien
Controlled growth
Convertible adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
Conveyance
Conveyance tax
Cooperating broker
Cooperative corporation
Cooperative mortgages
Cooperative project
Cornice
Corporate relocation
Co-signer
Counteroffer
Corner bead
Corner influence
Corrective work
Cost-plus contract
Cottage
Covenant
Covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs)
Craftsman style
Crawl space
Creative financing
Credit
Credit history
Creditor
Credit life insurance
Credit rating
Credit report
Credit repository
Credit union
Cross-bridging or Cross brace
Cul de sac
Cupola
Curable defect
Curb appeal
Curtain wall
Custom builder
Custom home
Cash-on Cash Return
Collateral
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation - CMO
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities - CMBS
Contributory Value
Chain of title
Change frequency
Change order
D-Glossary
Debt consolidation
Days on the market
Debt-to-income ratio
Debtor
DNR
Draw period
Dead Level
Declining Balance
Décor
Decorative Tile
Deed Restrictions
Dormer
Double Oven
Double Reinforcement
DS Glass
Deductible
Damper
Days on the market
Deadbolt lock
Debt
Deck
Deed
Deed of trust
Deep-seal floor drain
Default
Deferred maintenance
Delinquent mortgage
Density test
Deposit
Depreciation
Document Recording
Digital images
Dimension plans
Disability insurance
Disclosure
Discount points
Distressed property
Document needs list
Domicile
Dormer Window
Double-hung window
Dovetail joints
Down payment
Downspouts
Drainage
Draw
Dropped ceiling
Dry rot
Drywall
Dual agency
Duct
Due-on-sale clause
Duplex
Dutch colonial style
E-Glossary
Early occupancy
Earnest money
Earthquake insurance
Easement
Eaves
Effective age
Effective gross income
Electric service panel
Elevations
Ell
Eminent domain
Employer-assisted housing
Empty nesters
Encroachment
End loan
Endorser
English Tudor style
Environmental Impact Report
Environmentally friendly home construction
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.
Equity
Errors and omissions insurance (E & O Insurance)
Escrow
Escrow account
Escrow agent
Escrow analysis
Escrow closing
Escrow company
Escrow payment
Estate
Eviction
Examination of title
Exclusive listing
Executor
Exhaust fan
Experian
Encumbrance
Escape Clause
Eclectic
Edge Bead
Edifice
Efficiency Living Unit
Efficiency
Electric Boiler
Electric Heating
Envelope
Environmental Factors
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA
Erode/Erosion
Escheat
Essential Services Act
Excavation
Executrix
Exemplary Damages
Eyebrow
Early closing cost reimbursement
F-Glossary
Familial Status
Float
Front-End Ratio
Fair Market Value
Farm Service Agency
Fiduciary
Fixed-rate Option
Fraudulent Transfers (Conveyances)
Full Income Verification
Full Market Value
Facility
Fall
Fathom
Fault
Filter
For Rent By Owner (FRBO)
Forced Sale
Foreshore
Formal Contract
Free and Clear
Face Lift
Federal Tax Lien
Financial Risk
Financing
Flip
Forward Commitment
Flue
Frost Line
Forced Air Heating
Facade
Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Fair Housing Act
Fannie Mae
Farmer's Home Administration
Fascia
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Trade Commission
Fee Simple
Fee Simple Defeasible
Federal style
FHA loans
Feng Shui
Fiduciary duty
Field changes
Fill
Filled land
Finder's Fee
Finish Grade
Fire Separation Wall
Firm commitment
First mortgage
Fixed installment
Fixed-rate Mortgage
Fixed Time
Fixer-upper
Fixture
Flashing
Flat fee
Flat roof
Floor Area Ratio
Floating wall
Flood Insurance
Flood Plain
Florida Rooms
Footing, Footer
Forbearance
Foreclosure
Forfeiture
For Sale By Owner (FSBO)
Foundation
Foyer
Framing
Freddie Mac
Free-market lots
French doors
Frontage
Fully Amortized Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Furnace
Fuse
Factor
G-Glossary
Gallery
Gothic
Grantee
Grantor
Grant Deed
Green Architecture
Greenhouse
Greenhouse Effect
Gated Community
Good Faith Estimate
Grant Deed
Gross Lease
Gross Debt Service
Grandfather Clause
Garden Apartments
Gazebo
Gable
Gable Roof
Gag rules
Gambrel Roof
General Contractor
Georgian style
Gift
Government National Mortgage Association
Grace Period
Grade
Gradual Payment Mortgage (GPM)
Greek Revival Style
Greenbelt
Gross income
Ground rent
Group home
Growing-equity Mortgage
Guarantee Mortgage
Gutters
Gazump
Gazunder
Ginnie Mae - Government National Mortgage Association GNMA
Graduated Lease
Gross Living Area
Gable End
H-Glossary
Hard Money Loan
Heir
Home Energy Rating System (HERS)
Hypothecate
Hearth
High Wall
Hut
Hereditaments
Homeowners' Association (HOA)
High Ratio Mortgage
Homestyle Mortgage Loan
Half-bath
Hazard insurance
Header
Heat pump
Hectare
High density
High-rise
Hip roof
Historic preservation
Historic structure
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage
Home Equity Loan
Home inspection
Home rule
Homesteading
Home Warranty
Hopper Window
Housing Discrimination
Housing Expense Ratio
HUD-1 Uniform Settlement Statement
House Poor
Housing Market Index
Housing Starts
Housing Unit
Homeowner's or Hazard Insurance
Homestead Credit
I-Glossary
Improvement Ratio
Indexed Lease
Industrial Park
Inheritance Tax
Inspection Clause
Implied Agency
Income Ratio
Investment Broker
Interim Financing
Intestate
Investment
Involuntary Lien
Inside Drain
Indemnity
Implied Warranty
Impound
Income Property
Incurable Depreciation
Index
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Infill development
Infill housing
Inflation
Infrastructure
Initial Rate
Inspection Report
Installment Sale
Insulated
Insurable Title
Insurance
Insurance Binder
Interest
Interest Accrual Rate
Interest-only Loan
Interest Rate
Interest Rate Buy-Down Plans
Interest Rate Caps
Interest Rate Ceiling
Investment Real Estate
Income Trust
Investment Farm
Interior Designer
Indemnification
Inflation Coverage
J-Glossary
Jalousie Window
Joint Liability
Joint Owned Property
Joist
Judgment
Judicial foreclosure
Jumbo Loan
Junior mortgage
Jack Arch
Jamb
Joint Tenancy
Judgment Lien
Junction Box or J-Box
Jalousie
Journeyman
K-Glossary
Kit home
Knee wall
Keystone
Kiln Dried Lumber
Kickback
L-Glossary
Lis Pendens
Loan Risk
Loss Payable Clause
Loft
Landscape
Landscape Architect
Landscape Designer
Late Charge
Late Payment
Latent Defect
Lead
Lease
Leasehold Estate
Lease Option to Purchase
Lender
Legal Blemish
Legal Description
Letter of Intent
Leverage
Liability Insurance
Lien
Lifetime Cap
Life-cycle Costing
Limited Partnership
Lintel
Liquid Assets
Liquidated Damages
Listing
Live-work Space
Load-bearing Wall
Loan Application
Loan Application/origination Fee
Loan Commitment
Low Density
Low-documentation Loan
Low-down-payment Loan
Land
Land Value
Leaseback
Leasehold Improvement
Lessee
Lessor
Leveraged Lease
Like-Kind Property
Loan to Value Ratio ( LTV )
Local Tax
Listing Agreement
Loan Acceleration
Loan Origination Fee
Loan Servicer
Lock-In
Landfill
Landlord
Leach
Legal Title
Lines of Credit
Liabilities
M-Glossary
Marketability
Mortgagee
Mortgagor
Mortgage Broker
Mixed-Use Property
Masonry
Manor
Mansion
Market Area
Mechanical Engineer
Meter Center
Month-to Month Tenancy
Multi-Family Dwelling/Property
Main Water Shut-off Valve
Mansard roof
Manufactured Housing
Mantel
Maintenance Fee
Margin
Market Conditions
Market Value
Mason
Master-planned Community
Mechanical Systems
Mechanic's Lien
Mediation
Median Price
Metes and Bounds
Mint Condition
Modification
Molding
Mortgage
Mortgage Banker
Mortgage Broker
Mortgage Insurance
Mortgage-Interest Deduction
Mortgage Life Insurance
Motivated Buyer
Motivated Seller
Move-in Condition
Mullion
Multifamily Mortgage
Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
Main Home
Mill Rate
Mortgage Backed Securities - MBS
Mitigation
Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP)
Mortgage Note
Mortgage Score
N-Glossary
Net Disposable Income
Net Income
Net Rental Income
Non-Conforming Use
Notice of Recision
Notice of Right to Cancel
Negotiated Contract
Neighborhood
Neoprene Roof
Net Lease
Net Listing
Net Profit
Net Rentable Area
Non-Bearing Wall
Non -Recourse Mortgage
Note Payable
Notice of Cessation
Naked Title
Net Operating Income (NOI)
Net Proceeds
Nominal Interest Rate
Non-Agent
Non-Disturbance Clause
Non-Institutional Lenders
Needs-Based Pricing
Negative Amortization
Negative-Slope Driveway
Net Worth
Niche
NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard)
Non-Assumption Clause
Non-Liquid Asset
Non-Recurring Closing Costs
Note
Notice of Default (NOD)
Net Interest Margin Securities - NIMS
Non-Financial Asset
Notary Public
O-Glossary
Online real estate listings
Open House
Open Listing
Open Space
Option
Oral Agreement
Original Principal Balance
Overhang
Operating Lease
Origination
Origination Fee
Owner Financing
Ownership
Owner's Policy
Obsolescence
Offer
Ordinance
Offeror
Ogee Roof
Outlet Box
Outlet
Outstanding Balance
Out Building
Option to Purchase Leased Property
P-Glossary
Parcel
Partition
Partnership
Passive Loss
Passive Solar System
Patent Defect
Payment Cap
Percolation Test
Per-diem Interest
Panel
Paneling
Parking Strip
Partition
Patio
Perennial
Personal Property
Pest-Control Inspection
Pier
PITI (Principal, Interest, Taxes, Insurance)
Planned Communities/Development
Plaster
Pocket Door
Points
Porch
Porte Cochere
Portfolio Lender
Portico
Possession
Power of Attorney
Pre-Approval Letter
Prepaid Expenses
Prepaid Interest
Prepayment Penalty
Prequalification
Pre-Sold Home
Pressure Relief Valve
Price Range
Primer
Principal
Principle of Conformity
Principle of Progression
Principle of Regression
Privacy Fence
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Probate Sale
Production Home
Programming
Project Budget
Property Line
Property Report
Property Tax
Property Tax Deduction
Property Value
Proration
Punch List
Purchase Agreement
Purchase-Money Mortgage
Partial Release
Pass-through Certificate
Pass-through Security
Paydown Factor
Prepayment
Principal Residence
Perils
PicoCuries per Liter
Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance (PITI)
Property (Fixture and Non-Fixture)
Purchase Offer
Parapet Wall
Pantry
Percentage
Pergola
Penthouse
Permanent Loan
Pillar
Plot Plan
Ponded Roof
Ponding
Portal
Prime Rate
Promissory Note
Q-Glossary
Qualifying ratios
Queen Anne style
Quit-claim deed
R-Glossary
Real Estate Limited Partnership
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits - REMIC
Reassessment
Residual Interest
Rate Cap
Real Estate Property Tax Deduction
Reinstatement Period
Risk Scoring
Rent-to-Own
R-value
Radon
Rafter
Rammed-earth construction
Ranch style
Rate-improvement mortgage
Rate lock
Real estate
Real estate agent
Real estate attorney
Real estate broker
Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
Real property
Realtist
Realtor
Recission
Reconveyance
Recorder
Recording
Recording fee
Redlining
Regulation Z
Rehabilitation mortgage
Relocation benefits
Relocation company
Remaining balance
Remaining term
Renter's insurance
Rent loss insurance
Repayment plan
Replacement reserve fund
Repossession
Resale value
Reserve fund
Restructured loan
Return on investment
Reverse mortgage
Ridge board
Ridge vent
Right of first refusal
Right to recission
Rough-in
Rural Housing Service
S-Glossary
Sale-leaseback
Sales contract
Saltbox style
Sanitary sewer
Sash
Schematic Designs
Second Mortgage
Secondary Mortgage Market
Secured Loan
Security
Seller carry-back
Seller take-back
Semi-custom Home
Septic System
Servicer
Setback
Settlement Statement
Shared-appreciation Mortgage
Shared-equity transaction
Shed ceiling
Shed roof
Shingle style
Shingles
Shoe molding
Sill plate
Sill cock
Skylight
Slab foundation
Slider window
Soffit
Soils test
Spanish Mission style
Special assessment
Special deposit account
Specifications
Speculation home
Splash block
Split-level style
Square footage
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
Starter home
Steel framing
Step-rate mortgage
Storm sewer
Storm windows
Strike plate
Straight purchase
Stucco
Studs
Subagent
Subcontractor
Subdivision
Sub-flooring
Subordinate loan
Sump pump
Survey of Property
Sweat equity
Section 1245
Section 1250
Super Sinker
Synthetic Lease
T-Glossary
Triple Net
Thermopane Window
Title Defect
Tap fees
Tax deduction
Tax lien
Tax sale
Tax shelter
Tear-down condition
Teaser rate
Tenancy by the entirety
Tenants in common
Terrace
The 72-hour clause
Third-party origination
Timeshare
Title
Title company
Title Insurance
Title risk
Title Search
Top producer
Top soil
Total expense ratio
Townhouse
Tract home
Trade equity
Trading down
Trading up
Transfer of ownership
Transfer Taxes
Transom
Trans-Union
Tray ceiling
Treasury bills
Treasury index
Trellis
Trim work
Truss
Trust account
Trustee
Truth-in-Lending Act
Tuck-point
Two-step mortgage
Two- to four-family property
Tenants By Entirety - TBE
U-Glossary
Underlayment
Underwriting
Undisclosed heir
Undisclosed spouse
Unrecorded deed
U.S. Department. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Unsecured loan
Upgrades
Upzoning
Urban sprawl
Usury
Up-Front Charges
V-Glossary
Variable interest rate
Variable rate mortgage
Variable rate
Vaulted ceiling
Verification of deposit
Verification of employment
Vestibule
Veterans Administration (VA)
Victorian style
Vinyl-clad windows
Voluntary lien
VA loans
Viager
Variance
W-Glossary
Wainscoting
Waiver
Walk-out basement
Walk-Through
Warranty
Wetlands
Wild deed
Will
Window light
Window seat
Window well
Window well covers
Wraparound mortgage
Warranty Deed
X-Glossary
Y-Glossary
Z-Glossary
Zero-lot lines
Zoning
Zoning variance
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