An alphabetical list of all terms included
in the preceding glossary.
AAA syn American Arbitration Association
abandonment
abatement
abatement of nuisance
absorption rate
abstract of judgment
acceleration clause
acceptance
access
accommodation party
accrued depreciation
acknowledgment
act of God
action
actual knowledge syn actual notice
actual notice syn actual knowledge
adhesion contract
adjustable rate mortgage, (ARM) syn variable interest rate
mortgage, (VIRM)
adjusted tax basis
ADR syn alternative dispute resolution
ad valorem
advance syn draw
adversary system
affidavit
AFR syn applicable federal rate
after-acquired title
after-tax cash flow
AG syn agricultural land
age segregated community
agency
agent
agent tour
agricultural land syn AG
airspace rights
alienation clause syn due-on-sale clause
allegation
allegations of fact
alligator investment
all-inclusive note and deed of trust
syn wraparound mortgage, creative financing
and seller’s financing
all-suite hotel
ALTA syn American Land Title Association
alternative dispute resolution, (ADR)
amenity
amenity gap
American Arbitration Association, (AAA)
American Land Title Association insurance policy, (ALTA)
American Society of Real Estate Counselors
amortization
amortize
anaconda mortgage syn dragnet clause,and mother hubbard
clause
anchor tenant syn prime tenant
annexation
annual constant syn constant
annualized percentage rate, (APR)
annuity
answer
anti-deficiency loan syn nonrecourse loan
APN syn assessor’s parcel number
appeal
appellant
appellate court
appellee
applicable federal rate, (AFR)
apportionment
appraisal
appraiser
appreciation
appurtenant
APR syn annualized percentage rate
arbitration
arbitrator
arcade
arm’s-length transaction
articles of incorporation
asbestos inspection
as is
asking price
assemblage
assessed value
assessment
assessor syn tax assessor
assessor’s parcel number (APN)
asset-backed securities
asset lender syn equity lender
assignment
assignment loan syn escrow assignment loan
assignment of lease syn sublease
assignment-of-rents clause
association
assumption syn assumption of mortgage
assumption fee
assumption of mortgage syn assumption
attached single family home syn paired condo
attestation
attorney at law
attorney-client privilege
attorney in fact
attornment
attractive nuisance
at will
auction listing
authorization to sell
award
axial growth theory
backup loan commitment
backup offer
back-to-back escrows
bad faith
bail out
bailout
balloon payment
ballot box planning
bankruptcy
bar association
bare title syn naked legal title
bar examination
baselines
base rent
basing index
basis point
bedroom community
below-market interest rate mortgage, (BMIR)
beneficiary
beneficiary’s statement
bias
bill of sale
binder
bird dog
biting the bullet
biweekly mortgage
blanket deed of trust or mortgage syn overriding deed of
trust
blanket policy syn master policy
bleeding syn milking
bleeding a project
blended mortgage
blended space
blended vacancy rate
blight area
blind ad
BLM syn Bureau of Land Management
blockbusting
blue sky
BMIR syn below-market interest rate mortgage
board of directors
Board of Realtors
boilerplate
boiler room sales
bona fide
bonus value
boondoggle
boot
bottom fishing
bottom line
bottom out
bottomed out
bow-tie loan
box home
bracketing
breach of contract
breakeven point
bridge financing syn gap financing
briefs
broker
brokered loan
broker incentives
broom clean
builder syn general contractor
building codes
Building Owners and Managers Association
building permit
building residual technique
build-out
build to suit
bull-for-a-bear deal
bullet loan
bundle of rights theory
burden of proof
Bureau of Land Management, (BLM)
business invitee
buy down
buyer cash out syn buyer walkaway,and overfinance
buyer's listing
buyer's market
buyer's remorse
buyer walkaway syn buyer cash out and overfinance
buying a lawsuit
buying farm
buy-out option
buy time
by-laws
BYWOB
California Land Title Association, (C.L.T.A.) policy of title insurance
callable loan
can of worms
cap
cap-per-payment adjustment
capital gain
capital gains tax
capitalization
capitalization rate syn cap rate
cap rate syn capitalization rate
carryback mortgage
case citation
case-in-chief
case in equity
case law
cashed out
cashes out
cash-flow mortgage
cash sale
cash throwoff syn spendable cash flow
casualty insurance syn hazard insurance
cause of action
caveat emptor
CBD syn central business district
CC&R’s syn covenants,conditions & restrictions
central business district, (CBD)
certificate of limited partnership
certificate of occupancy
certified mortgage banker, (CMB)
certified property manager, (CPM)
certified residential banker, (CRB)
certified residential specialist, (CRS)
chain of title
challenge (of juror)
Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Chapter 11 reorganization
Chapter 13 adjustment of debts
cherrypick
citation
clear title
close syn close of escrow, (COE),settlement, and passing
close corporation
close of escrow, (COE) syn settlement, close,
and passing
closed-end mortgage
closing costs
closing statement
cloud on title
CLTA syn California Land Title Association
cluster housing
CMA syn Comparable Market Analysis
CMB syn Certified Mortgage Banker
CMO syn collateralized mortgage obligation
COE syn close of escrow
COFI 11th District Cost of Funds Index for ARMs
cold listing
collateral
collateral assignment agreement
collateralized mortgage obligation, (CMO)
color of title
commercial easement
commercial zone
commission
commission rebate
common areas
common interest development
common stock
community plan
community property
community (shopping) center
comparative market analysis
comparative negligence
compliance agreement
complaint
complaint, civil
comps
concurrent escrow instructions
condemnation
conditional use permit
condo syn condominium
condominium syn condo
conduit
conforming mortgage
connection fees
Connie Mac
consanguinity
construction loan
constructive eviction
constructive knowledge syn notice
contingency syn contingency clause, escape
clause, subject-to clause weasel clause
contingency fee
contingency period
contingent liability
contract
contract for deed syn land contract, and installment
contract
contract for sale syn purchase contract,
marketing contract, and deposit receipt
contract rate syn face rate and nominal rate
contract zoning
conventional loan
convertible mortgage
convey syn grant
cookie cutter housing
cooperating broker
cooperation
co-ownership syn cotenancy
corner influence
corner influence table
corporate by-laws
corporation
cost approach
cotenancy syn co-ownership
counselor of real estate, (CRE)
counterclaim syn cross-complaint
court-annexed arbitration
court deed
court of equity
court trial
covenant not to compete
covenant of quiet enjoyment
covenants, conditions, and restrictions, (CC&R’s)
covering your assets, (CYA)
CPM syn Certified Property Manager
CRB syn Certified Residential Banker
CRE syn Counselor of Real Estate
cream-puff borrower
creative financing syn seller’s financing, all-inclusive
note, and wraparound mortgage
credit
credit ap syn credit application
credit application syn credit ap
credit lender
credit scoring
cross-complaint syn counterclaim
CRS syn Certified Residential Specialist
CRV syn certificate of reasonable value
cubage
cul-de-sac
curable depreciation
curb appeal
cure a default
custom-built house
cut-rate financing syn discount financing
CYA syn covering your assets
cybertecture
Daddy Mac mortgage
damages
d.b.a.
DCF syn discounted cash flow analysis
dead end street
deal
deal killers
deal point
debtor syn mortgagor
debt service
debt to income ratio
deceit syn misrepresentation and fraud
declaration of homestead
declaratory judgment
dedication
deed
deed in lieu of foreclosure
deed of reconveyance syn recon and reconveyance
deed of sale
deed of trust syn real mortgage and mortgage
deed restrictions
deep pockets
default
default judgment
default ratio
defendant
deferred maintenance
deficiency judgment
deficiency loan
delayed exchange syn Starker exchange
delegation
delinquency date
delivery and acceptance
demurrer
density
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, (HUD)
deposit syn earnest money, binder, and good faith money
depositions
deposit receipt syn purchase contract, contract
for sale, and marketing contract
depreciation
designated real estate broker
detached condo syn single family condo
detached single family home
developer
development loan
director (of corporation)
disclaimer syn exculpatory clause and hold harmless
clause
discount
discounted cash flow analysis, (DCF)
discounted mortgage loan
discount financing syn cut-rate financing
discount points
discount real estate broker
discovery procedures
disguised option
disguised sale
disintermediation
distressed property
documentary transfer tax
dog
dollhouse
don't wanter
double-ender
double escrow
down payment
down zoning
dragnet clause syn anaconda mortgage,
and mother hubbard clause
draw
dried up market
drive-by
dry closing
dry mortgage
dry up
dual agency
duds and doers
due date
due-on clause syn alienation clause
due-on further encumbrance clause
due-on-sale clause
dummy syn straw
early payoff mortgage syn fifteen year mortgage
earnest money syn deposit, binder, and good
faith money
easement
easement by implication
easement by prescription
echo house syn granny flat
economic cloud on title
economic life
economic rent
effective gross rent
efficient and procuring cause
EIR syn environmental impact report
elastic mortgage
eleventh hour
eligibility
emblement
eminent domain
empty nester
encroachment
encumber
encumbrance
end loan
entertainment-based retail center
entitlement process
entrepreneur
entry level market
environmental impact report, (EIR)
EOV syn estimate of value
equitable mortgage
equitable owner
equity
equity buildup
equity kicker
equity lender
equity-purchase laws syn home equity laws
equity-sharing
equity skimming
escalator clause
escape clause syn contingency contingency clause, subject-to
clause, and weasel clause
escrow
escrow account
escrow agent
escrow assignment loan syn assignment loan
escrow company
escrow for deed
estate for years syn tenancy for years
estates in land
estoppel certificate
ethics
eurostyle kitchen design
evict
eviction, legal
eviction, wrongful
evidence
exaction
exclusionary zoning
exclusive-agency listing syn listing agreement,
exclusive listing syn listing agreement
exculpatory clause syn disclaimer, and
hold harmless clause
executive suite operator
exhaustion
exhaustion of administrative remedies
exit strategy
expandable second synline-of-credit mortgage
expense participating lease
exposure
express agreement
extended coverage title insurance
face-lift
face rate syn contract rate, and nominal
rate
face value
fair housing laws
Fannie Mae syn Federal National Mortgage
Association, (FNMA)
FAR syn floor ratio area
farm
feasibility analysis syn feasibility study
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, (FHLMC) syn
Freddie Mac
Federal Housing Administration, (FHA)
Federal National Mortgage Association, (FNMA) syn
Fannie Mae
fee
fee appraiser
fee simple absolute
FHA loan
FHLMC syn Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Freddie
Mac
FICA syn self-employment tax
fictitious deed of trust
fiduciary relationship
fifteen year mortgage syn early payoff
mortgage
fill
filtering down
finance syn loan
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, Enforcement Act of 1989,
(FIRREA)
financing package
finder's fee
FIRREA syn Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, Enforcement
Act of 1989
first deed of trust syn first mortgage
first mortgage syn first deed of trust
fixed rate mortgage syn traditional mortgage
fixer-upper syn handyman's special
fixture
fizz ba syn FSBA
fizz bo syn FSBO
flake
flashing an offer
floor area ratio, (FAR)
forceable eviction
foreclosure
forfeiture
forwarding fee
found money
fraud syn misrepresentation, and deceit
Freddie Mac syn Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
, (FHMLC)
free and clear
free look
frontage
front money syn seed money
FSBA syn fizz ba
FSBO syn fizz bo
full cash value
full fee broker
full-price offer
fully serviced lease
functional obsolescence
funding escrow
fuse
future interest
gap financing syn bridge financing
garbage fees
garden home
gazebo
general contractor syn builder
general partner
general partnership
general plan
gentrification
gerrymandering
get rich quick schemes
GIM syn gross income multiplier
gingerbread
Ginnie Mae syn Government National Mortgage Association
going rate
golden retirement annuity syn Grannie Mae mortgage and reverse
annuity mortgage.
good faith money syn earnest money,deposit, and binder
good title
grace period
graduated lease
graduated-payment mortgage, (GYP EM)
grandfather clause
grand theft
Grannie Mae mortgage syn golden retirement annuity and
reverse annuity mortgage
granny flat syn echo house
grant syn convey
grant deed
greater fool theory
greenbelt
GRI syn Graduate Realtors Institute
gross income multiplier, (GIM)
gross lease
gross profit ratio
ground lease
guaranteed purchase syn guaranteed trade-in plan
guaranteed trade-in plan syn guaranteed purchase
GYP EM syn graduated-payment mortgage
habitability
handyman’s special syn fixer-upper
hard dollars syn hard money
hard money syn hard dollars
hard money loan syn recourse loan
hardball
hard sell
hassle factor
hazard insurance syn casualty insurance
head lease syn main lease, master lease, principal
lease, original lease, and underwriting lease
hearsay evidence
heavy hitter
HFA syn Housing Finance Agency
HHFA syn Housing and Home Finance Agency
highest and best use
HOA syn homeowner’s association
hodge-podge development
hold harmless clause syn disclaimer and exculpatory clause
holder of mortgage
holding agreement
holdover tenant syn tenant at sufferance
home equity laws syn equity purchase laws
home equity loan
home improvement loan
home inspection report
home inspection service
home inspector
homeowners' association, (HOA) syn property owners'
association, (POA)
homeowners' policy of insurance
homeowners' tax exemption
homeowners' warranty, (HOW)
homestead
hometel
horse property
hot listing
hot market
house-poor homeowner
housing affordability index
Housing and Home Finance Agency, (HHFA)
Housing and Urban Development, (HUD)
Housing Finance Agency, (HFA)
housing starts
HOW syn homeowner’s warranty
HUD syn Housing and Urban Development
hundred percent location
hybrid ARM
hype
impeach
implied agreement
implied covenant of quiet enjoyment
implied warranty of habitability
impound account
income approach
income limits
income property
incubator space
incurable depreciation
index lease
indict
industrial park
industrial property
infill development
inflated appraisal
infrastructure
initial investment
injunction
in-law units
inner city
inside lot
installment contract syn contract for deed and land
contract
Institute of Real Estate Management, (IREM)
intelligent building syn smart office building, telecommunications
enhanced real estate, (TERE) and shared tenant services,
(STS)
intentional tort
interest or interest rate
interference with an economically advantageous relationship
interim financing
inter-institutional paralysis
interior decorator
interior designer
interpleader
interrogatories
interstate land sales
in the pipeline
inverse condemnation
investment tax credit
invitee
IREM syn Institute of Real Estate Management
joint and several liability
joint tenancy with right of survivorship
joint venture
judgment
judgment affirmed, modified, or reversed and remanded for new trial
judgment creditor
judgment debtor
judgment lien
judgment non obstante veredicto (n.o.v.)
judgment-proof
judicial actions and remedies
judicial foreclosure
judicial sale
jumbo loan
junior lien
jurisdiction
jury instructions
jury trial
key lot
kicker
kick-out clause
kiosk
kiss
kit homes
land acquisition loan
land contract syn contract for deed and installment
contract
landlocked
landlord
landlord’s lien
land office business
land packager
land poor
landscape architect
landscape contractor
landscape designer
large lot zoning syn low-density zoning
lawsuit syn litigation
lawyers’ law syn procedural law
lead lender
leapfrog development
lease
leaseback rent guarantee
leased fee mortgage
leasehold
leasehold mortgage
lease-option syn lease with option to buy
lease with option to buy syn lease-option
lease with option to renew
leasing co-op
legal assistants
lemonading
lessee
lessor
letter of credit
letter of intent
lettuce
level-payment mortgage
leverage
lien
lien release
life estate
life tenant
light industrial zone
light manufacturing zone
light rail system
like kind exchange syn tax-free exchange
limited liability company, (LLC)
limited liability of stockholders
limited liability partnership, (LLP)
limited partner
limited partnership
line-of-credit mortgage syn expandable second
linkage
liquidated damages
liquidated damages clause
lis pendens
list
listing
listing agent
listing agreement
listing package
litigious
LLC syn limited liability company
LLP syn limited liability partnership
load
load factor
loan syn finance
loan commitment
loan correspondent
loan fees
loan modification
loan origination fee
loan package
loan ratio
loan-to-value ratio, (LTV)
loan underwriting
location, location, location
locked-in interest rate
locked-in loan
locked out home buyers
lo-doc loan
log home
lot
lowball offer
low-density zoning syn large lot zoning
LTV syn loan-to-value ratio
MAI syn Member Appraisal Institute
main lease syn master lease, head or principal lease, underwriting
lease and original lease
mall
management fee
management survey
manufactured home
manufacturing zone
marginal buyer
marketable title
market data approach
marketing contract syn contract for sale; deposit receipt,
and purchase contract
marketing plan
market rate interest
market rent
market value
master lease syn head lease, underwriting lease,
principal lease, main lease, and original lease
master planned community
maturity
maximum mortgage amount
maximum rate
MBA syn Mortgage Bankers Association
MCC syn mortgage credit certificate
mechanic’s lien
mediation
melon syn pie
Member Appraisal Institute, (MAI)
memorandum of lease syn short-form lease and
skeleton lease
memorandum of option
merger, doctrine of
mid-price office buildings
milking syn bleeding
mingles
minimall
misrepresentation syn deceit and fraud
mistrial
mitigation of damage
MLS syn multiple listing service
MMI syn mortgage insurance
mobile home
mobile home lot
mobile home park syn mobile home subdivision
mobile home subdivision syn mobile home park
model home
moderate-income family
modular home
moratorium
mortgage syn real mortgage and deed of trust
mortgage banker syn mortgage company
Mortgage Banker Association, (MBA)
mortgage bond program
mortgage broker
mortgage company syn mortgage banker
mortgage credit certificate, (MCC)
mortgagee
mortgagee in possession
mortgage information service
mortgage insurance, (MMI) syn mutual insurance
mortgage insurance premium
mortgage interest deduction
mortgage loan servicing
mortgage loan underwriting
mortgage note syn promissory note
mortgage out
mortgage participation certificate, (PC)
mortgage redemption insurance
mortgage revenue bonds
mortgagor syn debtor
mother hubbard clause syn anaconda mortgage and dragnet
clause
motion to court
motion to produce
move-up buyer syn trade-up buyer
multi-family
multiple listing service, (MLS)
multi-plex theatre
mutual insurance syn mortgage insurance, (MMI)
naked legal title syn bare title
NAR syn National Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors, (NAR)
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers, (NIREB)
negative amortization
negative declaration
neighborhood (shopping) center
neighbor law
NEPA syn National Environmental Protection Agency
nest egg
net lease syn triple net lease
net listing
net rentable
neutral expert fact-finding
NIREB syn National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
no-equity or negative equity home mortgage
NOD syn notice of default
nominal rate syn face rate and contract rate
nominee
nonconforming mortgage lenders
nonexclusive listing syn open
nonjudicial foreclosure
nonrecourse debt
no points conventional loan
notarized
notary public
note
note brokerage
notice syn constructive knowledge
notice of cancellation of escrow
notice of default, (NOD)
notice of delinquency
notice of nonresponsibility
notice of trustee’s sale, (NTS)
novation
NTS syn notice of trustee’s sale
nuisance
null and void
nut
office park
off-site improvements
on-site improvements
on-the-street
open-end mortgage
open house
open listing syn nonexclusive listing
OPM syn other people’s money
option
option money
oral contract
ordinances
ordinary wear and tear
original lease syn master lease, head lease, underwriting
lease, principal lease, and main lease
origination fee
other people’s money, (OPM)
overfinance syn buyer cash out and buyer walkaway
overriding deed of trust syn blanket deed of
trust or mortgage
overriding interest
owner-occupancy agreement
owner-occupant
package mortgage
paired condo syn attached single family home
PAM syn pledged account mortgage
panel D
panelized home
paper
paper losses
paper profit
paralegal
parol-evidence rule
partial deed of reconveyance
partially amortizing loan
partial performance
partial reconveyance
partial release clause
participation mortgages
participatory legal representation
partition
passing syn close of escrow, (COE), close, and settlement
patio home
payee
payment shock
payor or maker
pay rate
peaceable eviction
percentage lease
performance bond
performance deed of trust
perjury
permanent financing syn take-out financing
permissive waste
PFA syn plucked from air appraisal
phoney listing
pie syn melon
piggyback loan
pipeline
PIQ syn property in question
PITI syn Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance
plain vanilla title policy
plaintiff
planned development, (PD)
planned unit development, (PUD)
plat
pleadings
pledged account mortgage, (PAM)
plot plan
plottage value
plucked from air appraisal, (PFA)
plug
PMI syn private mortgage insurance
POA syn Property Owner’s Association
pocket listing
points
pool of mortgages
portfolio
portfolio income
portfolio lender
portfolio loan
positive cash flow
possession
possessory lien
power of attorney
power of sale
PRE syn prelim and preliminary title report
precedents, doctrine of
preemption agreement syn right of first refusal
prefabricated home
prelim syn PRE and preliminary title report
preliminary subdivision map
preliminary title report, syn PRE and prelim
premium
prepaid rent
prepayment penalty
preponderance of evidence
prescriptive easements
present value
pretrial proceeding
price allocation
price ladder
price list leader
price list loser
pride of ownership
prime interest rate
prime tenant syn anchor tenant
principal, interest, taxes and insurance, (PITI)
principal lease syn head lease,underwriting lease, master
lease main lease, and original lease
principle of anticipation
principle of change
principle of increasing and decreasing returns
principle of substitution
priority of liens
private mortgage insurance, (PMI)
private offering syn private placement
private placement syn private offering
probate properties
procuring cause
promissory note syn mortgage note
property in question, (PIQ)
property management fee
property owners' association, (POA) syn homeowners’ association,
(HOA)
property profile
property tax
property tax rate
prospecting
public report
PUD syn planned unit development
puffing
punitive (or exemplary) damages
purchase and leaseback
purchase contract syn deposit receipt, contract
for sale, and marketing contract
purchase lease-option
purchase-money mortgage
purchase-money second
pyramiding
qualifying interest rate
questions of fact
questions of law
quicksand effect
quiet enjoyment
quiet title
quiet title action
quitclaim deed
quoted price syn quoted rate
quoted rate syn quoted price
R-1 zone
R-2 zone
R-3 zone
RA syn residential appraiser
racial steering
ranchette
ranchownership
rate of return on equity, (ROE)
rate of return on investment, (ROI)
rate of return on total capital, (ROR)
raw land
R & D
ready, willing, and able buyer
real estate syn realty
real estate agent
real estate broker
real estate deal
real estate investment trust, (REIT)
real estate law
real estate limited partnership, (RELP)
real estate mortgage trust, (REMT)
real estate owned, (REO)
Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute, (RESSI)
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, (RESPA)
real mortgage syn mortgage and
deed of trust.
real property
real property securities dealer
realtist
realtor
realtor associate
Realtors National Marketing Institute, (RNMI)
realty syn real estate
reasonable attorneys fees
recon syn reconveyance and deed of reconveyance
reconveyance syn recon and deed of reconveyance
recourse loan syn hard money loan
recordation
red herring
red ribbon deal
red tape
redlining
reference rate
refinance loan
refinancing
regional shopping center
regulation Z
rehab syn rehabilitation
rehabbing
rehabilitation syn rehab
reinstatement
reinstatement period
REIT syn real estate investment trust
release clause
RELP syn real estate limited partnership
remainderman
REMT syn real estate mortgage trust
renegotiate
renewable loan
renovation
rent
rent-a-broker
rental agreement
rental apartment
rental value
rent concession
rent control
renters insurance
rent guarantee\
rent skimming
rent-up period
REO syn real estate owned
repair and deduct
repo
reproduction cost
request for admission of facts
request for notice of default
residence
resident manager
residential appraiser, (RA)
residential land lease
residential member, (RM)
residential property
residential zone
Resolution Trust Corporation, (RTC)
RESPA syn Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
RESSI syn Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute
restoration
restructure of debt
resyndication
retaliatory eviction
return on investment, (ROI)
revamp rate
revenue bond
reverse annuity mortgage
reverse paper
right of first refusal syn preemption agreement
right of reinstatement
right-of-way
ringer
RM Syn Residential Member
RNMI syn Realtors National Marketing Institute
ROE syn rate of return on equity
ROI syn rate of return on investment
rolling options
rollover mortgage
rollover of principal residence
ROR syn rate of return on total capital
row houses
royalty
RTC syn Resolution Trust Corporation
runs with the land
rural
saddle
sale-leaseback
salesmanship
salesperson
sales price
sandwiched trust deed
sandwich lease
satellite tenant
satisfaction of judgment
satisfaction of mortgage
savings and loan syn thrift
scam
S corporation
screening fee
secondary financing
secondary mortgage market
second mortgage
second mortgage crank
securitization of real estate
security
security deposit
seed money syn front money
see-through skyline
self-employment tax, (FICA)
self-help
seller’s financing syn creative financing all-inclusive
note and deed, and wraparound mortgage
seller’s market
seller's remorse
selling agent
Senior Real Estate Analyst, (SREA)
Senior Residential Appraiser,(SRA)
senior mortgage
Senior Real Property Appraiser, (SRPA)
Senior Right of Way Agent, (SR/WA)
separate property
separation
servicing
servicing rights
settlement syn close of escrow, (COE), close, and passing
severance damage
shakeout
shared appreciation loan for seniors
shared tenant services, (STS) syn smart office building,intelligent
building and telecommunications enhanced real estate, (TERE)
shell lease
sheriff’s deed
sheriff’s sale
shopper
shortfall
short-form lease syn skeleton lease, and memorandum
of lease
short-fuse mortgage
short sale
sick building
signing a house
silent loan
silent second
single-digit mortgage rate
single family condo syn detached condo
single family residence
SIR syn Society of Industrial Realtors
site
skeleton lease syn short-form lease,and memorandum of lease
sky lease
smart house
smart office building syn intelligent building,telecommunications
enhanced real estate (TERE) and shared
tenant services, (STS)
smoking gun
Society of Industrial Realtors, (SIR)
soft dollars
soft market
soft price
soft sell
spec
specialist in real estate securities, (SRS)
specific performance
speculator
spendable cash flow
spite fence
split commission
split level home
split-lot duplex
split-rate financing
split-time financing
spot zoning
spread or margin
square foot cost
SRA syn Senior Residential Appraiser
SREA syn Senior Real Estate Analyst
SRPA syn Senior Real Property Appraiser
SRS syn specialist in real estate securities
SR/WA syn Senior Right of Way Agent
standard housing
standard title insurance
stare decisis, doctrine of
Starker exchange syn delayed exchange
starter home
statute of frauds
statute of limitations
statutory law
steering
step-up clause
step-up lease
sticker shock
stiffed
strict liability
strip shopping center
STS syn shared tenant services
subdivision home
subject-to clause syn contingency,contingency clause,escape
clause, and
weasel clause
sublease syn assignment of lease
sub-par loan
subordinate
subordination agreement
subpoena
subsurface rights
substitution of collateral clause
summons
sweat equity
sweetener
swing loan
syndication
T lot
table
take-out financing syn permanent financing
tandem homes
target housing
tax assessor syn assessor
tax basis
tax deductibility
tax-free exchange syn like kind exchange
TDR syn transferable development rights
teaser rate of interest
tenancy by the entirety
tenancy for years syn estate for years
tenancy in common
tenant
tenant at sufferance syn holdover tenant
tenant improvements (TIs)
tenants' union
TERE telecommunications enhanced real estate syn
intelligent building, smart office building, and shared tenant services,
(STS)
termite inspection
testilying
the check is in the mail
thin equity
thread
three-two-one buy-down
three & two, or 3&2
thrift syn savings and loan
tight contract
tight house
tight market
tight money market
time-is-of-the-essence
tired listing
title company
title insurance
title search
tort litigation
townhouse
township
tract house
tract index
trade down
trade fixture
trade-up buyer syn move-up buyer
trading down
traditional mortgage syn fixed rate mortgage
trailing spouse
transaction coordinator
transfer tax
transferable developments rights, (TDRs)
trial courts
triple A tenant
triple net lease syn net leasing
triplex
trust account
trust deed
trustee
trustee in bankruptcy
trustee’s deed
truth in lending
two-step or 7/23 loan
underlying fee
underwriting
underwriting lease syn head lease, principal lease, main
lease, master lease and original lease
undivided interests
unexecuted deposit receipt
Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, (URLTA)
unimproved land
unit
unlawful detainer
unleveraged purchase
upgrade buyers
URLTA syn Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
upscale project
upscale retirees
urban renewal
urban sprawl
useable square footage
VA loan
variable interest rate mortgage, (VIRM) syn adjustable rate mortgage,(ARM)
variable payment mortgage
variable rate mortgage
vegetable soup
verdict
vertical subdivision
vested remainder
vested rights
VHMCP syn voluntary home mortgage credit program
VIRM syn variable interest rate mortgage adjustable rate
mortgage, (ARM)
voluntary home mortgage credit program, (VHMCP)
vulture fund
walk-through inspection
walk-up
wall street mortgages
WAM syn wraparound mortgage, creative financing, all-inclusive
note and deed of trust
warehousing loans
waste
weasel clause syn contingency, contingency clause, escape
clause, and
subject-to clause
window lot
win-win deal
without recourse
woodjatake
working capital
workout
wraparound mortgage syn creative financing, seller’s
financing, and
all-inclusive note and deed of trust
written interrogatories
zero coupon financing
zero percent mortgage, (ZPM)
ZPM syn zero percent mortgage