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Encyclopedia > List of real estate topics

This aims to be a complete list of the articles on real estate. Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ...


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  • 72-hour clause

A 72-hour clause, typically inserted in real estate sale contracts, is also known as an escape clause, release clause, kick-out clause, hedge clause or right of first refusal clause. ...

A

In real estate, an Abstract of Title is the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate, consisting of a summary of the original grant and all subsequent conveyances and encumbrances affecting the property and a certification by the abstractor that the history is complete and accurate. ... In legal terminology, acknowledgment is a declaration or avowal of ones own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ... An ad-valorem tax is a tax based on the assessed value of real estate or personal property. ... An adjustable rate mortgage or variable rate mortgage is a loan secured on a property (house) whose interest rate and so monthly repayment vary over time. ... Look up Administration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In real estate common law, adverse possession is a means of acquiring title to anothers real property without compensation, by, as the name suggests, holding the property in a manner that conflicts with the true owners rights. ... A real estate broker is in the business of brokering real estate transactions; that is, finding sellers for those who want to buy real estate and finding buyers for those trying to sell real estate. ... In the United States and parts of the Commonwealth (including Canada and Australia) as well as in many other countries, a real estate agent is a person who advises and represents others in transactions involving real estate. ... Allodial land, or allodium, is literally land which has no lord. ... Allodial land, or allodium, is literally land which has no lord. ... The American Land Title Association or ALTA, is a national trade association representing the interests of the abstract of title and title insurance industries. ... Amortization may refer to: Amortization (business), the allocation of a lump sum amount to different time periods. ... An amortization schedule is a table detailing each periodic payment on a loan (typically a mortgage), as generated by an amortization calculator. ... An amortization calculator is used to determine the periodic payment amount due on a loan (typically a mortgage), based on the amortization process. ... An apartment estate in Singapore, which makes up the majority of public housing in Singapore. ... A real estate appraisal is a service performed, by an appraiser, that develops an opinion of value based upon the highest and best use of real property. ... Appraised Value, pertaining to the assesed value of real property in the opinion of a qualified appraiser. ... Appreciation is a term used in accounting relating to the increase in value of an asset. ... Argus is a financial analysis program used in the commercial real estate industry. ... Arrears, or arrearages is a legal term for the type of debt accrued after missing an expected payment. ... // Definition of assessment Assessment is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge,skills, attitudes and beliefs. ... An assignment is a term used with similar meanings in the law of contracts and in the law of real estate. ... Assumption of mortgage is the purchase of mortgaged property whereby the buyer accepts liability for the debt that continues to exist. ...

B

This article needs to be expanded. ... In the United States and parts of the Commonwealth (including Canada and Australia) as well as in many other countries, a real estate agent is a person who advises and represents others in transactions involving real estate. ... The bundle of rights theory is a common way of explaining how rights in property are held. ...

C

In finance, a capital gain is profit that is realized from the sale of an asset that was previously purchased at a lower price. ... A Capitalization Rate (or Cap Rate) is a measure of the ratio between the net income produced by an asset (usually real estate) and its capital cost (the original price paid to own the asset). ... A chain of title is the sequence of historical transfers of title to a property. ... Jeonse (전세) is a real estate term unique to South Korea that refers to the way apartments are leased. ... WHEN A DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RECORDED IN PUBLIC RECORD IN THE COUNTY THAT THE REAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED THAT ENABLES THE SALE OF SUCH PROPERTY UNTIL RESOLVED. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Real property in most jurisdictions is conveyed from the seller to the buyer through a contract. ... Closing is the final step in executing a real estate transaction. ... The term commercial property includes business property (eg office buildings), industrial property, medical centers, hotels, stores. ... Community property is a marital property regime that originated in civil law jurisdictions, and is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Properties that are similar to the subject property. ... This article refers to a form of housing. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... In philosophy and logic, contingency is the status of facts that are not logically necessary. ... A real estate contract is a legal document which details the transaction of a real estate property between one party to another. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Conveyancing is the act of transferring the ownership of a property from one person to another. ... A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders. ... At its origin in mediaeval England, Copyhold tenure was tenure of land according to the custom of the manor, the title deeds being a copy of the record of the manor court. ... The council house is a form of public housing found in the United Kingdom. ...

D

A deed is a legal instrument used to grant a right. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In mathematics, a deficient number or defective number is a number n for which σ(n) < 2n. ... Declining-balance depreciation of a $50,000 asset with $6,500 salvage value over 20 years. ... The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes. ... The simultaneous purchase and sale of a real estate property involving three parties: the original seller, an investor, and the final buyer. ... A Due-on-sale clause is a clause in a loan or promissory note that stipulates the full balance is due upon sale or transfer of ownership. ...

E

Earnest money is a deposit attached to an offer to purchase real estate. ... NB: This article is manifestly incorrect outside of US law. ... Eminent domain (US), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland), compulsory acquisition (Australia) or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) in common law legal systems is the lawful power of the state to expropriate private property without the owners consent, either for its own use or on behalf of... Encroachment is a term which implies advance beyond proper limits, and may have different interpretations depending on the context. ... An encumbrance is a legal term of art for anything that affects or limits the title of a property, such as mortgages, leases, easements, liens, or restrictions. ... The Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century This article is about concept of equity in Anglo-American jurisprudence. ... Escrow is a legal arrangement whereby an asset (often money, but sometimes other property such as art, a deed of title, website, or software source code) is delivered to a third party (called an escrow agent) to be held in trust pending a contingency or the fulfillment of a condition... Escrow payment is the common term referring to the portion of a mortgage payment that is designated to pay for real property taxes and hazard insurance. ... Estate is a term used in the common law. ... An Estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. ... Estate agent is a United Kingdom term roughly synonymous with the United States term real estate broker, a business that arranges the selling, renting or management of homes, land and other buildings. ... Estate agent is a United Kingdom term roughly synonymous with the United States term real estate broker, a business that arranges the selling, renting or management of homes, land and other buildings. ... Estate for years refers to a leasehold estate for any specific period of time (the word years is misleading). ...

F

The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) NYSE: FRE, a government sponsored enterprise, is a stockholder-owned, publicly-traded company chartered by the United States federal government in 1970 to purchase mortgages and related securities, and then issue securities and bonds in financial markets backed by those mortgages in... The federal government of the United States created the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (NYSE: FNM), commonly known as Fannie Mae, in 1938 to establish a secondary market for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). ... The Federal Housing Administration was begun as part of the New Deal in 1934. ... Fee simple, also known as fee simple absolute or allodial, is a term of art in common law. ... Fixer-Upper is a term used in real estate meaning to redecorate, reconstruct or redesign a property to raise its potential value to get a return on investment. ... Fee simple, also known as fee simple absolute or allodial, is a term of art in common law. ... Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a piece of real property (immovable property) due to the owners failure to comply on its promissory note. ...

G

Gentrification is a process in which low-cost, deteriorated neighborhoods experience urban restoration and an increase in property values, along with an influx of wealthier residents. ... A mortgage lender is required by the Federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to provide you with a good faith estimate of the fees due at closing within three days of applying for a loan. ... The Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA, also known as Ginnie Mae) was created by the United States Federal Government through a 1968 partition of the Federal National Mortgage Association. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

H

For the use of the term in politics, see hard money (politics). ... Hard money lenders are commercial real estate lending companies offering a specialized type of real-estate backed loan. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not-for-profit bodies that provide low cost housing for people in housing need. ... Home $weet Home: cover of the June 13, 2005 issue of Time Magazine. ... Housing tenure refers to the financial arrangements under which someone has the right to live in a house or apartment. ...

I

Immovable Property is: Immovable object, real estate, item of property. ... An interest rate is the price a borrower pays for the use of money he does not own, and the return a lender receives for deferring his consumption, by lending to the borrower. ... IDX, or Internet Data Exchange IDX, or Internet Data Exchange is the future of Real Estate in the United States. ...

J

... Joint and several liability is a common law rule of liability, whereby a plaintiff may recover the entirety of the damages from any of negligent defendants independent of their individual share of the liability. ... A concurrent estate or co-tenancy is a concept in property law, particularly derived from the common law of real property, which describes the various ways in which property can be owned by more than one person at a given time. ...

K

Key money is the mandatory gratuity paid to landlords or their real estate agents by the tenant before he or she can move into a property. ...

L

A land bank is a bank that issues long-term loans on real estate in return for mortgages. ... In law, land registration is a system by which the ownership of estates in land, is recorded and registered, usually by government, in order to provide evidence of title and to facilitate dealing. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... A landlord, or landlady, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... Agency is an area of law dealing with a contractual or quasi-contractual relationship between at least two parties in which one, the principal, authorizes the other, the agent, to represent her or his legal interests and to perform legal acts that bind the principal. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Leasehold is a form of property tenure where one party buys the right to occupy land or a building for a given length of time. ... In law, lien is the broadest term for any sort of charge or encumbrance against an item of property that secures the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. ... A life estate, at common law is an estate in real property that ends at death. ... Liquidated damages is a term use in the law of contracts to describe a contractual term which establishes damages to be paid to one party if the other party should breach the contract. ... Lis pendens is a notice of litigation which is recorded with the title of real property. ... A listing contract is a contract to list some real estate by a real estate agency (or brokerage) as being offered for sale at a given listing price. ...

M

Market capitalization, often abbreviated to market cap, mkt. ... A mechanics lien is a hold on real property for the benefit of someone whose work or property improves the property. ... A mortgage is a method of using property as security for the payment of a debt. ... A mortgage broker acts as an intermediary who sources mortgages on behalf of individuals or businesses. ... Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (a subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation) NYSE: MTG is the largest provider of private mortgage insurance in the United States. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mortgage. ... Multiple Listing Service (MLS) (also Multiple Listing System or Multiple Listings Service) is a database that allows a broker representing a seller to share information about the property for sale widely with brokers representing potential buyers. ...

N

Look up realtor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An Embossed Notary Seal A notary public is an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. ... Niche real estate A niche is specialised sector of the property market. ...

O

In finance, an option is a contract whereby one party (the holder or buyer) has the right but not the obligation to exercise a feature of the contract (the option) on or before a future date (the exercise date or expiry). ... An origination fee is a fee or charge for establishing a new loan. ... An owner-occupier is a person who lives in a house that he or she owns. ...

P

A contemporary plat map showing the location of a property for sale. ... Points are a form of pre-paid interest. ... Homes in Monterey County, California (above) are some of the most expensive in the Unites States. ... In telecommunication, the term proration has the following meanings: 1. ... A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. ...

Q

A quit claim deed is a legal document by which a person releases or quits any claim that they may have had to property. ...

R

Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... In the United States and parts of the Commonwealth (including Canada and Australia) as well as in many other countries, a real estate agent is a person who advises and represents others in transactions involving real estate. ... A real estate broker is in the business of brokering real estate transactions; that is, finding sellers for those who want to buy real estate and finding buyers for those trying to sell real estate. ... A real estate broker is in the business of brokering real estate transactions; that is, finding sellers for those who want to buy real estate and finding buyers for those trying to sell real estate. ... A real estate broker is in the business of brokering real estate transactions; that is, finding sellers for those who want to buy real estate and finding buyers for those trying to sell real estate. ... A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ... Real estate economics is the application of economic techniques to real estate markets. ... A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT (rhymes with treat) is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes. ... A real estate broker is in the business of brokering real estate transactions; that is, finding sellers for those who want to buy real estate and finding buyers for those trying to sell real estate. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Realtor is a U.S. registered trademark that identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and subscribes to its Code of Ethics. ... The vast majority of states the United States employ a system of recording instruments that affect the title of real estate as the means for publicly documenting land titles and interests. ... Refinancing refers to applying for a secured loan intended to replace an existing loan secured by the same assets. ... Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good owned by another person or company. ... The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body representing and regulating property professionals and surveyors of all types. ... Risk is the potential impact (positive or negative) to an asset or some characteristic of value that may arise from some present process or from some future event. ...

S

A second mortgage is a secured loan (or mortgage) that is subordinate to another loan against the same property. ... A market in which existing mortgages and mortgage-backed securities are traded. ... Definition of Specific performance In the law of remedies, a specific performance is a demand of a party to perform a specific act. ... Speculation involves the buying, holding, and selling of stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, collectibles, real estate, derivatives or any valuable financial instrument to profit from fluctuations in its price as opposed to buying it for use or for income via methods such as dividends or interest. ... The term squatters rights, known more formally as the right of adverse possession, refers to the right to take ownership of property, under certain conditions, simply by living on or possessing it for a certain period of time. ... The term stigmatized property is a real estate business jargon that describes a normal house stigmatized because someone has been murdered or committed suicide in it. ... Subordination is a state in which one person or group of people has rights or privileges which rank below those of another. ... Sweat equity is a term used to describe the contribution made to a project by people who contribute their time and effort. ...

T

Co-tenancy or joint tenancy is a concept in property law, particularly derived from the common law of real property, which describes the various ways in which property can be owned by more than one person at a given time. ... A concurrent estate or co-tenancy is a concept in property law, particularly derived from the common law of real property, which describes the various ways in which property can be owned by more than one person at a given time. ... A tenant (from the Latin tenere, to hold), in legal contexts, holds real property by some form of title from a landlord. ... Title is a legal term for an owners interest in a piece of property. ... Title insurance is insurance against defects in title to real property, available in most but not all countries. ... Torrens title is a system of land title where a register of land holdings maintained by the state guarantees indefeasible title to those included in the register. ... In the United States, the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) is a federal statute designed to protect consumers in credit transactions by requiring clear disclosure of key terms of the lending arrangement and all costs. ...

U

Home $weet Home: cover of the June 13, 2005 issue of Time Magazine. ... Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl), a term with pejorative implication, refers to the rapid and expansive growth of a greater metropolitan area, traditionally suburbs (or exurbs) over a large area. ... The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a non-profit organization with offices in Washington, D.C. and London. ...

V

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

W

A warranty deed is a particular type of deed which contains guarantee statements from the seller that the house will be transferred free of something which is undesirable. ...

X

Y

A revenue percentage earned usually by a loan originator and determined by the difference between the PAR rate and what the borrower is charged. ...

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