Real Estate Terms

  1. 100% Mortgage

  2. 125% Loan

  3. 2-1 Buydown

  4. 2/28 Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - 2/28 ARM

  5. 3-2-1 Buydown

  6. 3/27 Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - 3/27 ARM

  7. 48-Hour Rule

  8. 5-1 Hybrid Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - 5-1 Hybrid ARM

  9. 5-6 Hybrid Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - 5-6 Hybrid ARM

  10. 80-10-10 Mortgage

  11. Ability To Repay

  12. Absentee Landlord

  13. Absentee Owner

  14. Absolute Auction

  15. Absolute Title

  16. Absorption Rate

  17. Abstract Of Title

  18. ABX index

  19. Accelerated Amortization

  20. Acceleration Clause

  21. Acquisition Fee

  22. Acquittance

  23. Active Tranche

  24. Ad Valorem Tax

  25. Add-On Factor

  26. Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - ARM

  27. Adjustment Date

  28. Adjustment Frequency

  29. Adjustment Index

  30. Adjustment Interval

  31. Adverse Possession

  32. Affidavit Of Title

  33. After-Acquired Collateral

  34. Agency MBS Purchase

  35. Alienation Clause

  36. All-Cash Deal

  37. All-In-One Mortgage

  38. Alligator Property

  39. Alt-A

  40. Alternative Mortgage Instrument

  41. Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act - AMTPA

  42. Amortization Schedule

  43. Amortized Loan

  44. Amount Financed

  45. Annual Cap

  46. Annual Mortgage Statement

  47. Appraisal Costs

  48. ARM Index

  49. ARM Margin

  50. Assignor

  51. Assumable Mortgage

  52. Assumption Clause

  53. Attornment

  54. Automated Underwriting

  55. Automated Valuation Model - AVM

  56. Backlog

  57. Bait And Switch

  58. Balloon Loan

  59. Balloon Mortgage

  60. Balloon Payment

  61. Bank-Owned Property

  62. BBA Mortgage Approvals

  63. Beginning Market Value (BMV)

  64. Below Market Interest Rate - BMIR

  65. Beneficial Interest

  66. Best And Final Offer

  67. Best Efforts Mortgage Lock

  68. Betterment Insurance

  69. Bi-Monthly Mortgage

  70. Bi-weekly Mortgage

  71. Bidding War

  72. Big Ticket Item

  73. Bird Dog

  74. Biweekly Mortgage

  75. Blanket Mortgage

  76. Broker

  77. Broker Price Opinion - BPO

  78. Broker's Open House

  79. Building And Loan Associaiton

  80. Bullet Loan

  81. Bungalow

  82. Buy-Up

  83. Buydown

  84. Buyer's Market

  85. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation - CMHC

  86. Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation - CMHC

  87. Canadian Rollover Mortgage

  88. Cap

  89. Capital Gain

  90. Capital Loss

  91. Capitalization Rate

  92. Capitalized Cost Reduction

  93. Capped Rate

  94. Captive Real Estate Investment Trust

  95. Cash Available For Distribution - CAD

  96. Cash Equity

  97. Cash-On-Cash Return

  98. Cash-Out Refinance

  99. Ceiling

  100. Certificate Of Title

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