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A
Abstract of Title
Abnormal Transaction
Absorption Rate
Acceptance
Account Termination Fee
Active
Active Contingent
Active-First Right
Active-Kick-Out
Active-No Show
Active Option Contract
Active with Contingencies
Addendum
Additional Principal Payment
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)
Adjustment Cap
Adjustment Date
Adjustment Period
Affordability Analysis
Amenity
Amortization
Amortization Table or Schedule
Amortization Term
Annual Adjustment Cap
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Application Fees
Appraisal
Appraisal or Appraised Value
Appraisal Contigency
Appraiser
Appreciation
Approved Term (After Approval)
Approved Term (Before Approval)
Arm’s-Length Transaction
Assessed Value
Assessment
Assessor
Assessor Parcel Number (APN)
Assignment
Associate Agent
Assumable Loan
Assumable Mortgage
Auction
Averages
B
Backup Offer
Balance Sheet
Balloon Loan
Balloon Mortgage
Base Rate
Basis Point
Blue Ribbon School
Bond
Break Even Point
Bridge Loan
Broker
Broker Fees
Broker Price Opinion (BPO)
Building Codes
Bump Clause
Bumpable
Buydown
Buyer’s Agency Agreement
Buyer’s Agent
Buyer’s Market
C
Call Option
Cap
Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate)
Case-Shiller Index
Cash Available for Closing
Cash to Close
Cash-Out Refinance
Ceiling Rate
Certificate of Eligibility
Certificate of Occupancy
Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV)
Certificate of Title
Chain of Title
Charter School
Clear Title
Close
Closed
Closing
Closing Costs
Closing Date
Closing Disclosure (CD)
Closing Statement
Co-Borrower
COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)
Coinsurance
Collateral
Collection
Combination Loan
Combined Liens
Combined Loan-To-Value Ratio (CLTV)
Coming Soon
Comparables (Comps)
Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)
Compound Interest
Concession
Condo Lottery
Condominium
Condominium Insurance
Conforming Loan
Construction Loan
Contingency
Conventional Loan
Convertibility Clause
Convertible ARM
Convey
Cooperative
Correspondent Lender
Co-Signer
Cost of Funds Index (COFI)
Covenant
Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions (CC&Rs)
Credit Bureau
Credit Limit
Credit Monitoring Service
Credit Report
Credit Risk
Credit Score
Creditor
Creditworthiness
Cumulative Days on the Market
Cumulative Interest
Curtailment
D
Debt Consolidation
Debt-To-Income Ratio
Deed
Deed-in-Lieu
Deed (Warranty or Quit-Claim)
Deed of Trust
Default
Delinquency
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Depreciation
Discount Point
Down Payment
Draw
Draw Period
Dual Agency
Due-On-Sale Provision
E
Earnest Money
Easement
Encroachment
Encumbrance
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)
Equity
Escrow
Escrow Impound Account
Escrow Analysis
Estate Sale
Estoppel Certificate
Excise Tax
Exclusive Agency
Exclusive Right
Exclusive Right to Sell Listing
Expired
F
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Fair Housing Act
Fair Market Value
Fannie Mae
Fed
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Fee Simple
FHA Home Loan
FICO®
Fiduciary
Finance Charge
First Mortgage
Fixed-Rate Mortgage
Fixed-Rate Option (Fixed-Rate Loan Option)
Fixer-Upper
Flipping
Float-Down
Floating Rate
Flood Certification
Flood Insurance
Forbearance
Foreclosed Home/Foreclosure
Foreclosure
Forfeiture
Form 1099
For Sale By Owner (FSBO)
Freddie Mac
Funding Date
G
Good Faith Estimate (GFE)
Government Loan
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae)
GreatSchools Rating
H
Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Homeowners Association (HOA)
Homeowners Association (HOA) Dues
Homeowners Insurance
Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC)
HUD
I
Impounding
Income
Income Property
Index
Inflation Rate
Initial Advance
Initial Advance at Closing
Initial Draw Amount
Initial Rate
Inquiry
Installment Loan
Inspection
Insurance
Insurance Binder
Insured Mortgage
Interest Accrual Rate
Interest-Only Loan
Interest Rate
Interest Rate Cap
Investment Property
J
Judgment
Jumbo Loan
Jumbo Mortgage
L
Liabilities
LIBOR
Lien
Lien Holder
Lifetime Adjustment Cap
Line of Credit
Lis Pendens
List Price
Listing
Listing Agent
Loan Commitment
Loan Commitment Letter
Loan Estimate (LE)
Loan Modification
Loan Origination
Loan-To-Value Ratio (LTV)
Lock-In (Rate Lock)
Lock Period
Loss Mitigation
M
Magnet School
Manufactured Housing
Margin
Maturity Date
Median
Mello-Roos
Mobile Home
Modular Home
Months of Supply
Mortgage
Mortgage Broker
Mortgage Fees
Mortgage Insurance
Mortgage Lender
Mortgage Loan
Mortgage Type
Multi-Family Residence (2 to 4 units)
Multi-Property Sale
Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
Mutual Acceptance
N
National Association of REALTORS®
Natural Hazard Disclosure Act
Negative Amortization
Negative Amortization Loan
Net Proceeds
New Construction
New Line Amount
No Closing Cost Loan
Nonowner Occupied
Note
Note Rate
Notice of Default
O
Offer and Acceptance
Option ARM
Origination
Origination Date
Origination Fee
Owner Financing
Owner-Occupied
P
Payment Cap
Payment Change Date
Payoff
Par Rate
Pending
Pending - Over 4 Months
Pending Short Sale
Pending - Taking Backups
Per Diem Interest
PITI
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Pocket Listing
Points
Possession: Close of Escrow
Possession: Subject to Home Choice
Pre Approval
Prepaid Expenses
Prepaid Interest
Prepayment
Prepayment Penalty
Prequalification
Price Adjustment
Price/Square Foot ($/sq.ft.)
Prime Rate
Principal & Interest
Principal Balance
Principal Payment
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Probate Sale
Processing Fee
Procuring Cause
Promissory Note
Property Tax
Public Offering Statement (POS)
Purchase Agreement
Purchase and Sale Agreement
Q
Qualifying Ratios
Quitclaim Deed
R
Radon
Rate
Rate Lock
Rate Lock Expiration
Rate Reduction Option
Real Estate Agent
Real-Estate-Owned Home (REO)
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
Realtor
Reamortize
Recorder
Recording
Recording Fee
Reduced Documentation
Refinance
Rehabilitation Loan
Rental Cap
Repayment Period
Resale Certificate
Rescission
Rescission Notice
Reserves
Right of First Refusal
Right of Refusal
Rural Housing Loan
Rural Housing Service (RHS)
S
Sale-to-List Ratio
Secondary Mortgage Market
Second Home
Secured Loans
Security
Self-Represented Buyer
Seller Disclosure
Seller’s Market
Selling Office Commission
Senior Exemption
Settlement
Settlement Agent
Short Sale
Single-Family Residence
Sold
Special Assessments
Start Rate
State Department of Education
Student-Teacher Ratio
Subject to Inspection (STI)
Subordinate Financing
Survey
Surveyor
Sweat Equity
T
Temporarily Off Market
Tenancy in Common
Term
Third Party Fees
Title
Title Company
Title Insurance
Title Search
Title Seasoning
Townhouse
Transaction Broker
Transaction Coordinator
Transaction Fee
Treasury Index
Trustee
Truth in Lending Act
Turn-Key
U
Under Contract
Underwriter
Underwriting
Uniform Residential Loan Application (1003)
Unsecured Lines of Credit
Unsecured Loan
Upfront Costs
V
VA Loan
Vacancy Rate
Vacation Home
Variable Rate
Variable Rate Monthly Minimum Payment
W
W-2 Form
Walk-through
What-if Analysis
Windstorm Insurance
Withdrawn or Cancelled
Wire Transfer
Y
Year-End Statement
Yield Spread Premium (YSP)
Z
Zero Lot Line
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