- Abstract of title
- Acceleration clause
- Acceptance
- Access
- Acknowledgment
- Acre
- Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
- Adjusted basis
- Adjustment date
- Adjustment period
- Administrator
- Adverse Possession
- Affidavit of title
- Agency
- Agent
- Alienation
- Alienation clause
- ALTA
- Amenity
- Amortization
- Amortization schedule
- Amortization term
- Amortize
- Amortized loan
- Annual mortgagor statement
- Annual percentage rate (APR)
- Annuity
- Appraisal
- Appraised value
- Appraiser
- Appreciation
- Appurtenance
- ARM
- Assessment
- Assessment rolls
- Assessor
- Asset
- Assign
- Assignee
- Assignor
- Assumable mortgage
- Assumption
- Assumption clause
- Attachment
- Attorney-in-fact
- Back ratio
- Balloon mortgage
- Balloon payment
- Bankruptcy
- Bargain and sale deed
- Basis
- Benchmark
- Beneficiary
- Bequeath
- Betterment
- Bid
- Binder
- Blanket loan
- Bond
- Breach
- Bridge loan
- Broker
- Building code
- Building Restriction Line (or “Set-back”)
- Bureau of Land Management
- Buy-back agreement
- Buydown
- Buyer-agency agreement
- Buyer’s market
- Call option
- Cap
- Capital expenditure
- Capital gain
- Capitalization
- Capitalization rate
- Cash-out refinance
- Caveat Emptor
- CC&Rs
- Certificate of deposit
- Certificate of Eligibility
- Certificate of occupancy
- Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV)
- Certificate of Satisfaction
- Certificate of title
- Chain
- Chain of Title
- Chattel
- Clear title
- Closing
- Closing costs
- Closing statement
- Clouded Title, or Cloud on Title
- Coinsurance
- Collateral
- Co-maker
- Commission
- Commitment letter
- Common area assessments
- Common Interest Community (CIC)
- Common law
- Community Land Trust Mortgage Option
- Community property
- Comparables, or Comparable Properties
- Comparative market analysis (CMA)
- Condemnation
- Conditional-use permit
- Condominium
- Conservator
- Construction loan
- Contingency
- Contract
- Contract for Deed, or Land Contract
- Conventional loan, or Conventional mortgage
- Convertibility clause
- Convertible ARM
- Conveyance
- Cooperative (co-op)
- Cost approach
- Cost of funds index (COFI)
- Co-tenancy
- Counteroffer
- Covenant
- Credit history, or Credit report
- Credit life insurance
- Deed
- Deed-in-lieu, or Deed-in-lieu of foreclosure
- Deed of trust
- Deed Restriction
- Default
- Deferred interest
- Deficiency judgment
- Delivery
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Depreciation
- Devise
- Disclosure
- Discount point
- Dower
- Down payment
- Dual agency
- Due-on-sale clause
- Earnest money
- Easement
- Egress
- Eminent domain
- Encroachment
- Encumbrance
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)
- Equity
- Equity Sharing
- Escheat
- Escrow
- Escrow account
- Escrow instructions
- Escrow payment; also “impounds” or “reserves” in some states
- Estate
- Eviction
- Exclusive listing, or Exclusive agency listing, or Exclusive right-to-sell listing
- Executor
- Extended Mortgage
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Housing Act
- Fair market value
- Fannie Mae
- Farmer’s Home Administration (FmHA)
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)
- Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
- Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
- Fee simple
- FHA insurance
- FHA loan
- Fiduciary relationship
- Finder’s fee
- First mortgage
- Fixed-rate mortgage (FRM)
- Fixture
- Foreclosure
- Forfeiture
- Forfeiture of Title
- Freddie Mac
- Front ratio
- Fully amortized ARM
- Fully indexed note rate
- General warranty deed
- Ginnie Mae
- Graduated-payment mortgage (GPM)
- Grantee
- Grantor
- Gross Lease
- Ground Lease
- Ground rent
- Growing-equity mortgage (GEM)
- Guarantee mortgage, or Insured mortgage
- Guardian
- Hazard insurance
- Heir
- Hiatus
- Home equity line of credit, or Home equity loan
- Homeowners’ association
- Homeowner’s insurance
- Homestead
- Homestead deed
- Housing ratio, or Debt-to-income ratio
- HUD-1 statement
- Impound, or Reserves
- Income approach
- Income property
- Indemnify
- Indemnity
- Index
- Ingress
- Installment contract, or Contract for Deed
- Insurable Title
- Insured closing letter
- Insured mortgage
- Interest rate buydown plan
- Interest rate ceiling
- Interest rate floor
- Interim financing
- In testate
- Involuntary lien
- Joint Ownership Agreement
- Joint tenancy, or Tenants by the entirety
- Judgment
- Judgment lien
- Jumbo loan, or Non-conforming loan
- Junior mortgage, or Secondary mortgage
- Land contract
- Late charge
- Lease
- Leasehold estate
- Lease option
- Lender’s Title Insurance
- Lessee
- Lessor
- Liabilities
- Lien
- Life estate
- Lifetime payment cap, or Lifetime rate cap
- Liquid asset
- Liquidated damages
- Lis pendens
- Listing agreement
- Listing broker
- Loan origination
- Loan origination fee
- Loan-to-value (LTV) percentage
- Lock-in
- Lock-in period
- Loss Payable Clause
- Lot
- Majority
- Margin
- Marketable title
- Market value, or Fair market value
- Maturity
- Mechanic’s lien
- Metes and Bounds
- Minor
- Monument of Survey
- Mortgage
- Mortgage broker
- Mortgagee
- Mortgage insurance
- Mortgagor
- Multiple-listing service (MLS)
- National Association of Realtors (NAR)
- Negative amortization
- Net listing
- Net worth
- No cash-out refinance
- Notary
- Note
- Open listing
- Option
- Option listing
- Origination fee
- Owner financing
- Owner’s Title Insurance
- Partial payment
- Partition
- Patent
- Pay-off amount
- Percolation test
- Personal property
- PITI
- Plat, or Plot
- P.M.I, or Private Mortgage Insurance
- Point
- Power of attorney
- Power of Sale
- Pre-Approval
- Preforeclosure sale
- Prepayment penalty
- Pre-qualification
- Prime rate
- Principal
- Principal balance
- Private mortgage insurance, or P.M.I.
- Probate
- Procuring cause
- Promissory note
- Prorate
- PUD (Planned Unit Development)
- Purchase and sale agreement
- Purchase money mortgage
- Quiet title
- Quitclaim deed
- Radon
- Rate cap
- Rate lock, or lock-in
- Real estate
- Real estate agent
- Real estate investment trust (REIT)
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
- Real property
- Realtor
- Realtor®
- Recision
- Recording
- Recording fees
- Refinance
- Regulation Z
- Remainder
- RESPA
- Restrictive covenants, or Protective covenants
- Reverse-annuity mortgage (RAM)
- Reversion
- Right of first refusal
- Right of survivorship
- Right-of-way
- Riparian rights
- Sale-leaseback
- Sales comparison approach
- SBA
- Secondary market
- Second mortgage, or junior mortgage
- Section, or Section of land
- Secured loan
- Security
- Seller take-back
- Set Back Lines
- Severalty, or Sole ownership
- Special assessment
- Special warranty deed
- Specific performance
- Statute of limitations
- Step-rate mortgage
- Subagent
- Subdivision
- Subject to
- Subsidized second mortgage
- Survey
- Tax sale
- Tenancy in common
- Testate
- Testator
- Time is of the essence
- Time-share
- Title
- Title insurance
- Title search
- Torrens Title
- Township
- Tract
- Transfer of ownership
- Transfer tax
- Trust
- Trust deed, or a Deed of trust
- Trustee
- Trustee’s deed
- Trustor
- Truth-in-Lending
- Two-step mortgage
- Underwriting
- Unilateral contract
- Unsecured loan
- Usury
- VA guarantee
- VA loan, or Government mortgage
- Valuation
- Variable rate mortgage, or Adjusted rate mortgage
- Verification of Deposit
- Verification of Employment
- Vest
- Vested
- Waiver
- Warranty
- Warranty deed
- Will
- Wraparound loan or Wraparound mortgage
- Zoning
