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Real Estate Terms

  1. 48-Hour Rule

  2. 60-Plus Delinquencies

  3. A-Note

  4. Absentee Landlord

  5. Absentee Owner

  6. Absolute Title

  7. Absorption Rate

  8. Abstract Of Title

  9. Accrual Bond

  10. Acquisition Fee

  11. Active Tranche

  12. Ad Valorem Tax

  13. Add-On Factor

  14. Adverse Possession

  15. Affidavit Of Title

  16. Agency MBS Purchase

  17. Aggregator

  18. All-Cash Deal

  19. Alligator Property

  20. Amortizing Security

  21. Assignment Of Trade

  22. Assignor

  23. Attornment

  24. Automated Valuation Model - AVM

  25. B-Note

  26. Beginning Market Value (BMV)

  27. Beneficial Interest

  28. Betterment Insurance

  29. Bird Dog

  30. Broker Price Opinion - BPO

  31. Broker's Open House

  32. Bungalow

  33. Burnout

  34. Calamity Call

  35. Capital Gain

  36. Capital Loss

  37. Capitalization Rate

  38. Captive Real Estate Investment Trust

  39. Cash Available For Distribution - CAD

  40. Cash-On-Cash Return

  41. Chain Of Title

  42. Clear Title

  43. Closing Costs

  44. CMBX Indexes

  45. Co-Tenancy Clause

  46. Collateralized Mortgage Obligation - CMO

  47. Commercial Investment

  48. Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)

  49. Commercial Property

  50. Commercial Property/Casualty Market Index Survey

  51. Commercial Real Estate

  52. Companion Tranche

  53. Comparables

  54. Conditional Prepayment Rate - CPR

  55. Condominium

  56. Condominium Fee

  57. Condotel

  58. Conduit Theory

  59. Constant Default Rate - CDR

  60. Construction Interest Expense

  61. Contributory Value

  62. Conveyance

  63. Conveyance Tax

  64. Cost Approach

  65. Counteroffer

  66. Coupon Stripping

  67. Credit Enhancement

  68. Credit Loss Ratio

  69. Curb Appeal

  70. Current Coupon

  71. Current Face

  72. Dealer-Median Prepayment Speed

  73. Debt Security

  74. Deed Of Surrender

  75. Depreciable Property

  76. Distribution Reinvestment

  77. Dollar Roll

  78. Double Net Lease

  79. Drop

  80. Dry Closing

  81. Dwarf

  82. Earnest Money

  83. Easement

  84. Effective Gross Income - EGI

  85. Emblements

  86. Encroachment

  87. End Loan

  88. Eviction

  89. Exclusive Listing

  90. Extender Clause

  91. Fannie Mae - Federal National Mortgage Association - FNMA

  92. Financial Management Rate Of Return - FMRR

  93. Finite-Life REIT - FREIT

  94. Flipper

  95. Flipping

  96. Floor Area Ratio - FAR

  97. Floor Loan

  98. For Sale By Owner - FSBO

  99. Form 4952: Investment Interest Expense Deduction

  100. Forward Commitment

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