Real Estate Legal Glossary
Glossary
- Quiet Title
- 203(b)
- 203(k)
- Abstract of Title
- Acceleration Clause
- Adjustable Rate Loans
- Adjustable Rate Mortage (ARM)
- Adverse Possession
- Amenity
- Amortization
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Application
- Appraisal
- Appraiser
- Appreciation
- Assessment
- Assessor
- Assignment
- Assumable Mortgage
- Assumption
- Balloon Mortgage
- Bankruptcy
- Biweekly Mortgage
- Bond
- Borrower
- Bridge Loan
- Broker
- Budget
- Building Code
- Buydown
- Cap
- Cash Reserves
- Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV)
- Certificate of Title
- Chattel
- Closed-End Mortgage
- Closing
- Closing Costs
- Cloud
- Co-mortgagor
- Co-signer
- Collateral
- Commission
- Commitment Fee
- Condemnation
- Condominium
- Conforming Loan
- Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages (C.H.A.R.M.)
- Conventional Loans
- Conversion Clause
- Convertible Mortgage
- Convey
- Conveyance
- Cooperative (Co-op)
- Covenants
- Credit Bureau Score
- Credit History
- Credit Report
- Curtailments
- Debt
- Debt-to-Income Ratio
- Deed
- Deed of Trust
- Deed-in-Lieu
- Delinquency
- Discount Point
- Down Payment
- Due-on-Sale
- Duplex
- Earnest Money
- Easement
- EEM
- Eminent Domain
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- Equity
- Escape Clause
- Escrow
- Fair Housing Act
- Fair Market Value
- Fannie Mae
- Fee Simple
- FHA
- Fifteen-year Mortgage
- Fixed-Rate Loans
- Foreclosure
- Freddie Mac
- Gift
- Ginnie Mae
- Good Faith Estimate
- Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM)
- Hazard Insurance
- HELP
- Home Equity Loan
- Home Inspection
- Home Warranty
- Housing Affordability Index
- Housing Counseling Agency
- HUD
- HUD1 Statement
- HVAC
- Income Approach to Value
- Index
- Inflation
- Insurance
- Interest
- Interest Rate
- Judgment
- Jumbo Loan
- Key Lot
- Landlord
- Lease Purchase
- Lien
- Liquidity
- Loan
- Loan Fraud
- Loan Origination Fees
- Loan-to-Value (LTV) Ratio
- Lock-In
- Maintenance Costs
- Margin
- Modification
- Mortgage
- Mortgage Banker
- Mortgage Broker
- Mortgage Insurance
- Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP)
- Mortgage interest
- Mortgage Modification
- Mortgage Term
- Mortgagee
- Mortgagor
- Negative Amortization
- Noise Control Act
- Non-assumption Clause
- Note
- Offer
- Open-end Mortgage
- Ordinance
- Origination
- Origination Fee
- Overages
- Partial Claim
- PITI
- PITIO
- Points
- Pre-approve
- Pre-foreclosure Sale
- Pre-qualify
- Premium
- Prepayment
- Prime Rate
- Principal
- Private Mortgage Insurance
- Property Tax
- Prorate
- Purchase Agreement or Purchase Offer
- Qualification
- Quiet Title Action
- Quitclaim Deed
- Radon
- Real Estate Agent
- Real Property
- REALTOR
- Refinancing
- Rehabilitation Mortgage
- RESPA
- Reverse Annuity Mortgage
- Right of First Refusal
- Right of Rescission
- Right of Way
- Rollover
- Second Mortgage
- Secondary Market
- Servicing
- Settlement
- Special Forbearance
- Subordinate
- Survey
- Sweat Equity
- Tax Deed
- Tax Savings
- Taxes
- Tenancy
- Tenancy At Will
- Tenant
- Thrift Institution
- Title
- Title 1
- Title Insurance
- Title Search
- Transaction, Settlement, or Closing Costs
- Truth-in-Lending
- Underwriter
- Underwriting
- Uniform Settlement Statement
- Unlawful Detainer
- Unlawful Detainer Action
- Utility Costs
- VA
- Walk-through
- Warranty Deed
- Warranty of Habitability
- Water Rights
- Yield
- Zoning
- Zoning Commission
