Real Estate Terms

  1. Total Debt Service Ratio - TDS

  2. Transfer of Mortgage

  3. Transfer Of Physical Assets - TPA

  4. Triple Net Lease

  5. True Lease

  6. Two-Step Mortgage

  7. U.S. House Financial Services Committee

  8. UCC-1 Statement

  9. Underlying Cost

  10. Underwater Mortgage

  11. Unencumbered

  12. Uniform Business Rate

  13. Uninsurable Property

  14. Unscheduled Recast

  15. Up-Front Mortgage Insurance - UFMI

  16. UPREIT

  17. Use And Occupancy - U&O

  18. VA Loan

  19. Vacancy Rate

  20. Vacation Home

  21. Variable Rate Mortgage

  22. Vendor Take-Back Mortgage

  23. Voluntary Conveyance

  24. Voluntary Foreclosure

  25. Voluntary Lien

  26. Wachovia Hybrid and Preferred Securities (WHPPSM) Indicies

  27. Wage Earner Plan (Chapter 13 Bankruptcy)

  28. Waiver Of Subrogation

  29. Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey

  30. Weighted Average Life - WAL

  31. Wet Loan

  32. Whole Loan

  33. Workout Agreement

  34. Workout Assumption

  35. Wrap-Around Loan

  36. Wraparound Mortgage

  37. Yield Maintenance

  38. Yupcap

  39. Zero-Coupon Mortgage

  40. Zero-Lot-Line House

  41. Zombie Titles

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