Glossary of Terms
Entries by Title
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- Abstract
- Abstracting
- Abstractor
- Acceleration Clause
- Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)
- Adverse Possession
- Amortization Schedule
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Appraisal
- Attorney's Opinion of Title
- Balloon Mortgage
- Bi-weekly Mortgage
- Bridge Loan
- Broker
- Broom Clean
- Cash-out Refinance
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Chain of Title
- Closing
- Closing Costs
- Closing Statement
- Cloud on Title
- Co-borrower
- Commission
- Common Areas
- Condominium
- Construction Loan
- Contingency
- Contract
- Conventional Mortgage
- Convertible Adjustable Rate Mortgage
- Conveyance Tax
- Covenant
- Credit Report
- Deed
- Default
- Delinquecny
- Deposit
- Documentary Stamps
- Down Payment
- Due on Sale Clause
- Earnest Money Deposit
- Easement
- Encroachment
- Encumbrance
- Endorsement
- Escrow
- Escrow Account
- Escrow Company
- Exclusive Listing
- FHA Mortgage
- Fannie Mae
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
- Fee Simple
- Fixed Rate Mortgage
- Fixture
- Flood Insurance
- Good Faith Estimate
- Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
- Grantee
- Grantor
- Guarantor
- Interest Only Loan
- Interest Rate Cap
- Interest Rate Ceiling
- Interest Rate Lock
- Joint Tenancy
- Judgment Lien
- Jumbo Loan
- LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offer Rate)
- Latent Defect
- Lead Paint Disclosure
- Legal Description
- Lender's Title Insurance Policy
- Letter of Intent
- Loan Commitment
- Loan-to-Value (LTV)
- Margin
- Maturity Date
- Mechanic's Lien
- Mortgage
- Mortgage Commitment
- Mortgage Life and Disability Insurance
- Negative Amortization
- Origination Fee
- Owner's Title Policy
- Payment Change Date
- Per-diem Interest
- Periodic Payment Cap
- Planned Unit Development (PUD)
- Point
- Power of Attorney
- Pre-approval
- Pre-qualification
- Prepaid Interest
- Prepayment Penalty
- Prime Rate
- Principal Balance
- Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
- Promissory Note
- Prorations or Closing Adjustments
- Quit Claim Deed
- Radon Gas Disclosure
- Rate and Term Refinance
- Re-Issue Rate
- Real Estate Agent
- Real Estate Broker
- Real Property
- Realtor®
- Recording
- Refinance Transaction
- Right of First Refusal
- Right of Recission/Right to Cancel
- Second Mortgage
- Secondary Market
- Simple Interest Loan
- Subordinate Financing
- Survey
- Tax Assessor
- Tenancy by the Entirety
- Tenancy in Common
- Tenancy in Survivorship
- Title
- Title Insurance
- Title Search
- Treasury Index
- Truth-in-Lending Disclosure
- VA Mortgage
- VA Mortgage
- Variable Rate Mortgage
- Warranty Deed
- Yield Spread Premium
- Yield Spread Premium