Real Estate Terms

  1. Chain Of Title

  2. Chattel Mortgage

  3. Clear Title

  4. Closed-End Credit

  5. Closed-End Mortgage

  6. Closing Costs

  7. Closing Points

  8. Closing Statement

  9. Co-mortgagor

  10. Co-Tenancy Clause

  11. Collateral

  12. Collateralization

  13. Collateralized Mortgage Obligation - CMO

  14. Combination Loan

  15. Combined Statement

  16. Commercial Investment

  17. Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)

  18. Commercial Property

  19. Commercial Property/Casualty Market Index Survey

  20. Commercial Real Estate

  21. Comparables

  22. Comparative Market Analysis

  23. Conditional Offer

  24. Condominium

  25. Condominium Fee

  26. Condotel

  27. Conduit Theory

  28. Conforming Loan

  29. Conforming Loan Limit

  30. Consolidated Mortgage Bond

  31. Constant Percent Prepayment

  32. Construction Interest Expense

  33. Construction Mortgage

  34. Contraction Risk

  35. Contributory Value

  36. Conventional Mortgage

  37. Conversion Option

  38. Convertible ARM

  39. Conveyance

  40. Conveyance Tax

  41. Cost Approach

  42. Coterminous

  43. Counteroffer

  44. Credit Agreement

  45. Creditor

  46. Cross Collateralization

  47. Curb Appeal

  48. Current Index Value

  49. Debt Buyer

  50. Debt Deflation

  51. Debt Instrument

  52. Debt Service

  53. Decree Of Foreclosure And Sale

  54. Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure

  55. Deed Of Reconveyance

  56. Deed Of Release

  57. Deed Of Surrender

  58. Default Probability

  59. Defeasance Clause

  60. Defect Of Record

  61. Defective Title

  62. Deferred Interest

  63. Deferred Interest Mortgage

  64. Deficiency Judgment

  65. Delinquent

  66. Delinquent Mortgage

  67. Demand Letter

  68. Depreciable Property

  69. Discount Points

  70. Discretionary ARM

  71. Distressed Borrower

  72. Distressed Sale

  73. Distribution Reinvestment

  74. Double Net Lease

  75. Down Payment

  76. DownREIT

  77. Drop

  78. Droplock Security

  79. Dry Closing

  80. Dry Loan

  81. Dual Apper

  82. Dual Index Mortgage

  83. Due-On-Sale Clause

  84. Dwarf

  85. Earnest Money

  86. Easement

  87. Effective Gross Income - EGI

  88. Emblements

  89. Encroachment

  90. Encumbrance

  91. End Loan

  92. Endowment Loan

  93. Energy Improvement Mortgage

  94. Equated Monthly Installment - EMI

  95. Equity

  96. Equity Takeout

  97. Escrow Agent

  98. Eviction

  99. Exclusive Listing

  100. Existing Home Sales

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