Index of real estate articles
This aims to be a complete list of the articles on real estate .
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Balance
Balloon mortgage
Bargain-and-sale deed
Baseline – a line that is a base for measurement or construction , lines that divide north/south or east/west in surveying
Basis
Benchmark
Beneficiary
Bequest
Bhoodan movement
Bilateral contract – a contract in which only one party makes a promise
Bill of sale
Binder – In law, a binder (also known as an agreement for sale , earnest money contract , memorandum of sale , or contract to sell ) is a short-form preliminary contract in which the purchaser agrees to buy and the seller agrees to sell certain real estate under stated terms and conditions, usually in the form of a purchase offer, and is enforceable in a court of law and used to secure a real estate transaction until a more formal, fully negotiated contract of sale can be signed. See offer and acceptance .
Blanket loan, Blanket mortgage
Block
Blockbusting
Boiler insurance
Bona fide purchaser
Book value
Boot
Boundary
Breach of contract
Broker
Brokerage – Mortgage broker , Real estate broker , Buyer brokerage
Broker's Price Opinion (BPO)
BPO Standards and Guidelines
Budget
Building code
Bundle of rights
Buyer brokerage
Buyer's agent
C
Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)
Capital appreciation
Capital gain
Cap rate, Capitalization rate
Cash flow
Caveat emptor
Certificate of occupancy
Certified Relocation and Transition Specialist
Chain – sequence of linked house purchases
Chain – unit of measurement
Chain of title
Chattel
Chattel mortgage
City block
Civil action
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Clause
Client
Closing costs
Closing
Closing statement
Cloud on a title, Cloud on title
Coinsurance, Coinsurance clause
Collateral
Color of title
Commercial property
Commingling
Commission
Comprehensive planning for community development
Confiscation
Commitment
Common area
Common law
Community-based planning
Community land trust
Community planning
Community property
Comparables
Compensatory damages, Expectation damages
Competition
Condemnation – building is deemed no longer habitable , government seizure through Eminent domain , or Urban decay
Condominium
Condominium conversion, Condo conversion
Confidentiality, Confidential information
Conformity
Conservation land trust
Consideration
Construction loan, Construction mortgage
Constructive eviction
Consumer
Contingency, Contingencies
Continuing education requirement
Contour map
Contract for deed
Contract of sale
Contract
Contribution
Conventional mortgage
Conversion – removal of personal property or building fixtures
Conversion – process of changing a building to condominium
Courtesy signing
Covenants
Convey, Conveyance, Conveyancing
Cooling-off period
Cooperating broker
Cooperative apartment
Co-op
Co-ownership
Copyhold
Corporation
Corporeal property
Corrective maintenance
Cost basis
Council housing
Counteroffer
Courtesy tenure
Covenant
Covenant Against Encumbrances
Covenant for Further Assurances
Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
Covenant of Right to Convey
Covenant of Seisin
Covenant of Warranty
CREA
Credit
Creditor
Cul-de-sac
Customer
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
Racial steering
Rate of return
Ratification
Ratify
Rating for real estate investment
Real estate
Real estate agency
Real estate agent
Real estate appraisal (property valuation, land valuation)
Real estate benchmarking
Real estate broker
Real estate brokerage
Real estate bubble
Real estate contract
Real estate development
Real estate economics
Real estate investment trust (REIT)
Real Estate Owned (REO)
Real estate salesperson
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
Real estate trading
Real estate trends
Real property
Realtor
Recording
Recourse note
Recovery and Enforcement Act (Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, FIRREA)
Redemption
Redlining
Refinancing
Regress
Regulation Z
REIT
Reject
Remainder
Remainderman
Remise
Rent
Rent-back agreement, Rent-back clause
REO
Replacement cost, Replacement value
Repossession
Rescission
Resident manager – Estate manager, Property manager , Building superintendent
Residual income
Restrictive covenant
Revaluation of fixed assets
Reverse mortgage, Reverse annuity mortgage
Reversion
Reversionary interest
Revocation
RICS
Right of first refusal
Right of redemption
Right of survivorship
Right to emblements
Riparian rights, Riparian water rights
Risk management
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Run with the land
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V
W
Y
Z
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