Real Estate Terms

  1. House Poor

  2. House Swap

  3. Housing Expense Ratio

  4. Housing Policy Council - HPC

  5. HUD-1 Form

  6. Hybrid ARM

  7. Hypothecation

  8. Implied Call

  9. Implied Warranty Of Habitability

  10. In Escrow

  11. Income Approach

  12. Income Property

  13. Income Property Mortgage

  14. Income Trust

  15. Indexed ARM

  16. Indexed Rate

  17. Industrial Park

  18. Inflexible Expense

  19. Initial Interest Rate

  20. Initial Interest Rate Cap

  21. Initial Rate Period

  22. Interest Due

  23. Interest Expense

  24. Interest Rate Cap Structure

  25. Interest Rate Ceiling

  26. Interest Sensitive Assets

  27. Interest Shortfall

  28. Interest-Only ARM

  29. Interest-Only Mortgage

  30. Investment Property

  31. Investment Real Estate

  32. Involuntary Foreclosure

  33. IRS Publication 527 - Residential Rental Property (Including Rental of Vacation Homes)

  34. IRS Publication 530 - Tax Information For Homeowners

  35. IRS Publication 936

  36. Jingle Mail

  37. Joint Tenancy

  38. Joint Tenants in Common - JTIC

  39. Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship - JTWROS

  40. Judgment Lien

  41. Judicial Foreclosure

  42. Jumbo Loan

  43. Junior Debt

  44. Junior Mortgage

  45. Junk Fees

  46. Key Money

  47. Kicker

  48. Land

  49. Land Contract

  50. Land Flip

  51. Land Value

  52. Land Value Tax - LVT

  53. Landlocked

  54. Landlord

  55. Landominium

  56. Lease

  57. Lease Extension

  58. Lease Option

  59. Lease Rate

  60. Lease To Own

  61. Leasehold Improvement

  62. Lehman Brothers Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

  63. Lender

  64. Lender Confirmation Auction

  65. Lender-Paid Private Mortgage Insurance

  66. Lessee

  67. Lessor

  68. Level Payment Mortgage

  69. Liar Loan

  70. Licensee

  71. Lien Waiver

  72. Lifetime Cap

  73. Like-Kind Exchange

  74. Like-Kind Property

  75. Limited Common Elements

  76. List Price

  77. Littoral Land

  78. Loan Application Fee

  79. Loan Constant

  80. Loan Lock

  81. Loan Modification Specialist

  82. Loan Officer

  83. Loan-To-Cost Ratio - LTC

  84. Loan-To-Value Ratio - LTV Ratio

  85. Lock Period

  86. Locked-In Interest Rate

  87. Low / No Documentation Loan

  88. Low-Down Mortgages

  89. Main Home

  90. Making Home Affordable

  91. Mandatory Mortgage Lock

  92. Marginal Land

  93. Master Mortgage

  94. Maximum Loan Amount

  95. MBS Pool Number

  96. McMansion

  97. Meander Line

  98. Military Clause

  99. Mineral Rights

  100. Minimum Down Payment

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