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Absorption Rate
Abstract of Title
Accelerated Depreciation
Access Right
Acquisition
Acre
Ad Valorem
Adjacent
Adjoining
Adjustments
Affidavit of Title
Age, Actual
Age, Effective
AgeLife Method
Air Rights
Alienation
Alienation Clause
Amenities
Amortized Loan
Annuity Method
Anticipation, Principle of
Appraisal
Appraisal Review
Appraised Value
Appraiser
Appreciation
Appurtenance
Architectural Style
Arm's Length Transaction
Assessed Value
Assessment
Assumption Agreement
Assumption of Mortgage
Attachment
Axial Growth
Balloon Frame
Base Cap or Molding
Base or Baseboard
Bearing Wall
Betterment
Bevel Siding
Blighted Area
Board Foot
Brace
BTU
Building Code
Building Paper
Building Restrictions
Building, Market Value of
Built-In
Buydown
Capital
Capital Gains
Capitalization
Casement Window
Casing
Ceramic Tile
Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV)
Certificate of Taxes Due
Change, Principle of
Characteristics
Chattels
Chronological Age
Collar Beam or Tie
Common Rafter
Community
Community Property
Comparable Sales
Comparison Approach
Competition, Principle of
Conclusion
Concrete
Condition
Conduit
Conformity, Principle of
Conservation
Consideration
Construction Loan
Contiguous
Contour
Contract of Sale (Also agreement for/or sale)
Contribution, Principle of
Conversion
Conveyance
Corner Influences Table
Cornice
Corporeal Rights
Correction Lines
Correlate the Findings
Correlation
Cost
Cost Approach
Cost Basis
Cost of Replacement
Costing
Covenant
CRA
CREA
Culdesac
Curable Depreciation
Cyclical Movement
Debt Service
Debt/Equity Combination Mortgages
Declining Balance Depreciation
Decreasing Returns, Point of
Deed
Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
Deed of Reconveyance
Deed Restrictions
Deferred Maintenance
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Depreciated Value
Depreciation
Depreciation Rate
Depreciation Reserve
Depression
Depth Table
Deterioration
Directional Growth
Discounted Income
Dormer
Drywall
Due on Sale Clause
Duress
Easement
Eave
Ecology
Economic Life
Economic Obsolescence
Economic Rent
Economics
Effective Age of Improvement
Effective Date of Appraisal
Eminent Domain
Encroachment
Encumbrance
Environment
Equity
Equity Buildup
Equity of Redemption
Escalation
Escheat
Escrow
Estimate
Estimated Remaining Life
Excess Rent
Expert Testimony
Expert Witness
Fair Market Value
Fascia (facia)
Fed
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC. "Freddie Mac")
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Fee
Fee Ownership
Fee Simple Absolute
Fee Simple Defeasible
Fee Simple Estate
Fill
Finish Floor
Firestop
First Mortgage
Fixed Rate Mortgage
Fixity of Location
Fixtures
Flashing
Floating
Floating Rate Mortgage
Floor Joist
Floor Plain
Foreclosure
Foundation
Framing
Freehold
Front Foot
Frontage
Functional Obsolescence
Functional Utility
Furring
Future Benefits
Gable
Gable Roof
Gambrel Roof
Garage
Girder
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA, "Ginnie Mae")
Government Survey
Grade
Graduated Lease
Grant
Grant Deed
Grantee
Grantor
Grid
Gross National Product (Gross Domestic Product)
Gross Rate
Gross Rent Multiplier
Ground Lease
Ground Rent
Header
Heat Pump
Highest and Best Use
Hip Rafter
Holdover Tenant
Homestead
Homogeneous
Hundred Percent Location
Improved Value
Improvement
Improvements on Land
Improvements to Land
Income
Income (capitalization) Approach
Income Approach
Income Property
Incorporeal Rights
Increasing Returns
Increment
Incurable Depreciation
Insulation
Interest
Interim Loan
Internal Rate of Return (IRR, discounted cash flow)
Involuntary Lien
Jalousie
Jamb
Joint
Joint Appraisal
Joint Tenancy
Joist
Just Compensation
Land
Land and Improvement Loan
Land Contract
Land Loan
Landlord
Lease
Leasehold Estate
Leasehold Value
Legal Description
Lessee
Lessor
Lien
Life
Limitations, The Statute of
Limited Partnership
Linear
Liquidated Damages
Liquidated Damages Clause
Liquidity
Living Area
Living Unit
Loan Commitment
LoanValue Ratio
Location
Lot
Louver
Maintenance
Maintenance, Deferred
Mansard Roof
Marginal Land
Market
Market Value
Marketable Title
Metes and Bounds
Metropolitan Area
Millwork
Misplaced Improvements
Molding
Moratorium
Mortgage
Mortgage Banker
Mortgage Broker
Multiple Listing
Multiple Listing Service
Multiplier
Narrative Appraisal
Negative Amortization
Neighborhood
Net Lease
Net Listing
Net Worth
New Money
Nominal Interest Rates
NonBearing Wall
Null and Void
Observed Conditions
Obsolescence
Occupancy
Open Listing
Operating Expenses
Operating Statement
Overimprovement
Ownership
Panel Box
Par Value
Participation
Percentage Lease
Perimeter Heating
Perlite
Permeability
Physical Deterioration
Pier
Pitch
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Plaster
Plate, Sill
Platform Framing
Plottage
Plottage Increment
Plywood
Points
Possessory Interest
Prefabricated House
Prepayment Penalty
Present Value
Price
Pride of Ownership
Prima Principal
Prime Rate
Principal Note
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Pro Rata
Procuring Cause
Progress Payments
Progression, Principle of
Promissory Note
Property
Proration
Proration of Taxes
Public Domain
Purchase and Leaseback
Radiant Heating
Rafter
Rail
Rate
Ratio
Real Estate
Real Property
Recapture Rate
Reconciliation
Recondition
Recorded Map
Redeem
Refinancing
Rehabilitation
Remaining Economic Life
Renovation
Rent
Rental Value
Replacement Cost
Reproduction Cost
Residual Process
Restriction
Retrospective Value
Return
Reversion
Ridge
Ridge Board
Right of Way
Right, Title and Interest
Rise
Riser
Risk Analysis
Sale and Leaseback
Sale Leaseback/Buyback
Sale Value
Secondary Mortgage Market
Separate Property
Septic Tank
Setback Line
Setback Ordinance
Severance
Shake
Sheathing
Sill
Simple Interest
Single Family Residence (SFR)
Site
Skeleton Structure
Slag Roof
Slope
Sole Plate
Span
Special Benefits
Squarefoot Cost
Standard Depth
Standby Commitment
Straightline Depreciation
Stringer
Stucco
Stud
Subdivision
Subfloor
Subjective Value
Substitution, Principle of
Supply and Demand, Principle of
Surplus
Surplus Productivity, Theory of
Survey
Tax
Tax Rate
Tenancy in Common
Tenant
Tenure in Land
Termite Shield
Third Party
Threshold
Title
Title Insurance
Top Plate
Topography
Trim
Underimprovement
Underwriting
Undue Influence
Unimproved
Unit
Unit Cost
Unit CostinPlace Method
Urban Property
Use, Nonconforming
Utilities
Utility
Vacancy Factor
Vacant Land
Valuation
Value
Vapor Barrier
Veneer
Vent
Vermiculite
Vertical Matched Siding
Veteran's Administration (VA)
Wear and Tear
Whole Property
Yield