Glossary
A
- Abstract of Title
- Accelerated Payment Mortgage
- Acceleration Clause
- Acceptance
- Access Rights
- Accessorial Services
- Acclimation
- Accompanying
- Accrued
- Acknowledgement
- Acquisition
- Acre
- Ad Hoc
- Addendum
- Adjudication
- Adjust Status
- Adjustable Rate Mortgage
- Advance Parole
- Adverse Possession
- Advisory Opinion
- Affiant
- Affidavit
- Affidavit of Support
- Affiliated
- Agreement of Sale
- Airway Bill
- AKA
- Alien
- Allowances (Sale)
- Allowances/Incentives (International Assignment)
- Amend-from-Zero
- Amended Value Sale
- Amenity
- Amortization
- Amortization Schedule
- Ancillary Services
- Annual Leave
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Appliance Allowance
- Applicant (Visa)
- Application Fee
- Appointment Package
- Appraisal
- Appraised Value (AV)
- Appreciation
- Approval Notice
- Appurtenance
- Arbitration
- Arm's Length Transaction
- Arrears
- As-Is Condition
- Asbestos
- Assessed Valuation
- Assessment
- Assessment Period
- Assessor
- Asset
- Assignee
- Assignment
- Assignment (Sale)
- Assignment Letter
- Assignor
- Association Fees
- Assumable Mortgage
- Assumption Agreement
- Assumption Fee
- Assumption of Mortgage
- Assumption Value
- Asylee
- Attachment
- Attorney In Fact
- Attorney's Opinion
- Auction
- Authorization
- Auto / Motor Vehicle Transport
B
- Balance Sheet
- Balloon Mortgage
- Balloon Payment
- Bankruptcy
- Base Salary
- Basis
- Beneficial Ownership
- Beneficiary
- Bill of Lading (B/L)
- Bill of Sale
- Binder
- Binding Estimate
- Birth Certificate
- Blanket Mortgage
- Blighted Areas
- Bona Fide Offer
- Bond (Real Estate)
- Bonus
- Borrower
- Breach
- Bridge Loan
- Broker (Real Estate)
- Broker Exclusion Clause
- Broker Market Analysis (BMA)
- Builder's Warranty
- Building Code
- Building Line
- Building Setback
- Business Trip
- Buydown
- Buyer
- Buyer (Purchaser's) Incentives
- Buyer Broker
- Buyer Value Option (BVO)
- Buyer's Remorse
C
- CAC
- Calendar Year
- Cancellation
- Cancellation Clause
- Cancelled Without Prejudice
- Candidate Assessment
- Cap
- Capital Gains
- Capital Improvement
- Career Continuation
- Career Counseling
- Carrier/Van Lines
- Carrying Costs
- Cash Equivalency
- Caveat
- Caveat Emptor
- Caveat Venditor
- CCR's
- Certificate of Citizenship
- Certificate of Naturalization
- Certificate of Occupancy (CO)
- Certificate of Packing and Unpacking
- Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV)
- Certificate of Title
- Chain of Title
- Change Status
- Charge/Chargeable
- Chinese Drywall
- City Inspection
- Claim
- Class Action
- Clear Title
- Closed in Escrow
- Closing
- Closing Agent
- Closing Costs
- Closing Date
- Closing Services Only (CSO)
- Closing Statement
- Clothing Allowance
- Cloud on the Title
- CMV
- Co-Borrower
- Co-Sourcing
- Cohabit
- Collateral
- Collusion
- Commission (Real Estate)
- Commitment
- Commitment Fee
- Common Law
- Common-law marriage
- Communications Plan
- Community Property
- Comparable
- Compound Interest
- Concealed Damage
- Concession
- Condemnation
- Conditional residence visa
- Condominium
- Conference Lines
- Conforming Loan
- Consideration
- Consulting Services
- Containerized Storage
- Contiguous
- Contingency
- Contingency Clause
- Contract
- Contract of Sale
- Conventional Mortgage
- Conveyance
- Cooperative Ownership
- Cost Estimate
- Cost of Living
- Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
- Counter Offer
- County
- Covenant
- Crating
- Credit Report
- Cross Cultural Training
- CRP
- Cul-de-sac
- Currency Controls
- Current/non-current
- Customs Examination
- Cut-off Date
D
- D Container
- Damages
- Days in Inventory
- Death Certificate
- Declared Valuation
- Decree
- Deductible Expenses
- Deed
- Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
- Deed of Reconveyance
- Deed of Release
- Deed of Trust
- Deed Restriction
- Default
- Defect of Record
- Deferred Arrangement
- Deferred Maintenance
- Deficiency
- Deficiency Judgment or Decree
- Delinquency
- Demand Fee
- Demurrage
- Denomination/Sect
- Density
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Department of Labor (DOL)
- Dependent Children
- Dependent Education
- Deposit
- Depreciation
- Derivative Status
- Description
- Destination Services
- Direct Reimbursement
- Directed Offer
- Disclosure Statement
- Discount Points
- Discounted Loan
- Discretionary Income
- Dispossess
- Diversity Visa Program
- Divorce
- Document Preparation Fee
- Documentarily Qualified
- Documentary Stamps
- Domicile
- Door-to-door Service
- Down Payment
- Drivers' Licenses
- Duplex
- Duplicate Carrying Costs
- Duration of Status
- Duress
- Duty
E
- Early Possession
- Earnest Money
- Easement
- Economic Life
- Economic Obsolescence
- Education Expenses
- EE
- Effective Age
- Efficient Purchaser Index
- EIFS
- Electricals
- Emergency Leave
- Eminent Domain
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employment Contracts
- Encroachment
- Encumbrance
- Endorsement
- Entirety
- Entry Documents
- Equity
- Equity Advance
- Equity Loan
- ERC
- Escalator Clause
- Escrow
- Escrow Account
- Escrow Closing
- Escrow Fee
- ESTA
- Established Value (EV)
- Estimate (Household Goods)
- Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
- Estimated Time of Departure (ETD)
- Evacuation Services
- Eviction
- Exchange Rate
- Exchange Visitor
- Excludable Expenses
- Exclusion Clause
- Exclusive Agency
- Exclusive Agency Listing
- Exclusive Listing
- Exclusive Right to Sell Listing
- Execute
- Executor
- Exemptions (Homestead or Veterans)
- Expatriates
- Expiration
- Extra Labor (Household Goods / International Freight Forwarders)
- Extra Pick Up
F
- Fair Market Value
- Family First Preference
- Family Fourth Preference
- Family Members
- Family Second Preference
- Family Third Preference
- Fannie Mae of NMA (Federal National Mortgage Association)
- Farmer's Home Administration
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Federal Poverty Guidelines
- Fee Simple
- FHA Mortgage
- Fiancée
- Fiduciary
- Financing
- Finder's Fee
- Firm Commitment
- First & Second Mortgages
- First Preference
- Fiscal Year
- Fixed Rate Mortgage
- Fixture
- Flip Tax
- Flood Plain (Flood Hazard Area)
- Flood Plain Insurance
- Focus Groups
- Following to Join
- Footing
- Foreclosure
- Foreign Assignment Location/Foreign Post
- Foreign Service Premium (FSP)
- Forfeiture
- Forfeiture of Title
- Forgery
- Forwarding Fee
- Fourth Preference
- Fraud
- Freight Bill
- Front Footage (Frontage)
- Full and Final Adoption
- Functional Obsolescence
- Furniture and Furnishings
G
- Gain on Sale
- General Home Inspection (GHI)
- General Warranty Deed
- Gift Deed
- Ginnie Mae
- Global Nomads
- GMS
- Goods & Services Differential (G&S)
- Graduated Payment Mortgages
- Grant Deed
- Grantee
- Grantor
- Green card
- Gross Living Area
- Gross Weight
- Gross-Up
- Ground Lease (Land Lease)
- Ground Rent
- Guarantee Against Loss Program
- Guaranteed Buyout Offer
H
- H.U.D.
- Handyman's Special
- Hardship Allowance
- Hardship Location
- Harzard Insurance
- Hazard Pay
- Heirs & assigns
- Hidden Defect
- Highest & Best Use
- Holdover Clause
- Holidays
- Home Country
- Home Country Spending Pattern
- Home Equity Loan or Line of Credit
- Home Finding Broker Network
- Home Finding Counseling
- Home Finding Materials
- Home Finding Trip
- Home Inspections
- Home Leave
- Home Location Housing Contribution
- Home Marketing Action Plan
- Home Marketing Assistance
- Home Sale Assistance
- Home Sale Costs
- Home Sale Incentive
- Home Search Trip
- Homeless
- Homeowner's Association
- Homeowner's Warranty (HOW)
- Homestead
- Host Country
- Host Country Housing
- Household Goods Agent
- Household Goods Transportation Insurance
- Household income
- Household Maintenance
- Housing Differential
- Housing Norm
- Housing Offset
- Hybrids
- Hypothecate
- Hypothetical Tax
I
- Immediate Relative
- Immigrant Visa
- Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- Immunizations
- Impound Account
- Improvements
- In status
- In-Kind Programs
- Incentives (International Assignment)
- Indemnification
- Independent Sale
- Ineligible/Ineligibility (International)
- Ingress
- Installment Contract
- Installment Note
- Instrument
- Integration
- Intercultural Orientation and Training
- Interest
- Interest on Mortgage
- Interest Rate
- Interim Financing
- International Compensation
- International New Hire
- International Resettlement Assistance
- Interstate
- Intestate
- Intrastate
- Inventory (Home Sale)
- Inventory (Shipment of Household Goods / International Freight Forwarder)
- Inventory Age
- Inverse Methodology
- Investment Property
- Involuntary Lien
- IRS Form 1099S
- IRS Ruling
- IV
J
- Joint Sponsor
- Joint Tenancy
- Joint Tenants
- Judgment
- Judgment Lien
- Judicial
- Jurat
- Jurisdiction
K
- Kentucky Consular Center (KCC)
L
- Labor Certification
- Labor Condition Application (LCA)
- Land
- Land Contract
- Language Training
- Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
- Lay Worker
- LDN Container
- Lead Paint
- Lease
- Lease Cancellation Fee
- Lease-Option Agreement
- Legal Description
- Legal Fees
- Legitimation
- Lender Fees
- Lessee
- Lessor
- Letter of Assignment
- Letter of Understanding
- Levy
- Lien
- LIFE Act
- Life Estate
- Lift Van
- Lift Van Pack
- Line Haul
- Line of Credit
- List Price
- Listing Agreement
- Listing Broker
- Litigation
- Loan Commitment
- Loan Fee
- Loan Origination Discount Point
- Loan Origination Fee
- Loan-to-Value-Ratio
- Local Custom
- Local Educational Agency
- Local Employee/Local Hire
- Localization
- Long Carry (excessive Carry)
- Long Distance
- Long-Term Assignment
- Loose Pack
- Lose status
- Loss on Sale
- Lottery
M
- Machine Readable Passport (MRP)
- Machine Readable Visa (MRV)
- Maid Service (Household Goods / International Freight Forwarder)
- Mail Forwarding Services
- Maintain status
- Management Fee
- Marginal Rate
- Market Basket
- Market Data Approach
- Market Price
- Market Rate
- Market Value
- Market Value (transportation)
- Market Value Sale (MVS)
- Marketable Title
- Marketing Period
- Marriage Certificate
- Means-tested Public Benefits
- Mechanic's Lien
- Medical Examinations
- Medical Insurance
- Metes & Bounds
- Mill Rate
- Mineral Rights
- Miscellaneous Expense Allowance
- Misrepresentation
- Missionary Work
- Mortgage
- Mortgage Assumption Fee
- Mortgage Banker
- Mortgage Broker
- Mortgage Buy-Down
- Mortgage Commitment
- Mortgage Information Sheet
- Mortgage Insurance
- Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP)
- Mortgage Interest
- Mortgage Interest Differential Allowance (MIDA)
- Mortgage Prepayment Penalty
- Mortgage Release Fee
- Mortgage Subsidy Program
- Mortgage Title Insurance Policy
- Mortgagee
- Mortgagor
- Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
- Municipal Requirements
- Mutual Water Company
N
- NAFTA
- National Interest Waiver
- National Visa Center (NVC)
- Native
- Naturalization
- Needs Assessment
- Negative Amortization
- Negative Equity
- Net Weight
- Non-Conference Line
- Non-Conforming Loan
- Non-Recurring Carrying Costs
- Non-Reimbursable Item
- Nonimmigrant Visa (NIV)
- Normal Market Time (NMT)
- Notary Public
- Note
- Notice of Action
- Notice of Default
O
- Obsolescence
- Offer Before Appraisals
- Offer Period
- Offer to Purchase
- One-Time Payments
- Open Listing
- Option
- Oral Contract
- Ordinance
- Origination Fee
- Orphan
- Out of status
- Out of Variance
- Outlawed
- Outsourcing
- Over-Improvement
- Overflow Container
- Overstay
- Owner's Policy
P
- P & I
- Packer
- Panel Physician
- Parcel
- Parish
- Partial Re-conveyance
- Party Wall
- Passport
- Patent
- Pension Plans
- Per Diem
- Percolation Test
- Permanent Resident (correctly called Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR))
- Permanent Transfer
- Personal Property
- Pet Transportation
- Phased Compensation Approach
- Physical Obsolescence
- Physical Presence
- PITI
- Plaintiff
- Planned Urban Development (PUD)
- Plat
- Plat Book
- Plot Plan
- Points
- Polygamy
- Port of Entry
- Position Allowance
- Post
- Potential Buyer
- Poverty Guidelines
- Power of Attorney
- Pre-Assignment Trips
- Pre-Return Trips
- Preference Immigration
- Preliminary Title Search
- Prepaid Interest
- Prepayment Penalty
- Prequalification
- Primary Residence
- Prime Rate
- Principal
- Principal Applicant
- Priority Date
- Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
- Pro-ration of Taxes
- Pro-rations
- Probate
- Promissory Note
- Property
- Property Damage
- Property Management
- Public Charge
- Public Domain
- PUD Fee
- Purchase Agreement
- Purchase Money Mortgage or Deed of Trust
- Purchaser
Q
- Qualifying date
- Quarantine
- Quiet Title
- Quit Claim Deed
R
- Radon Gas
- Rail Transportation vs. Inland
- Rank Order Number
- Re-conveyance (Full)
- Re-entry Permit
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Associate
- Real Estate Broker
- Real Estate Owned (REO)
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)
- Real Estate Tax
- Real Property
- Realtor
- Realty
- Receipt Notice
- Receivable
- Record Title
- Recording
- Recording Fees
- Recurring Carrying Costs
- Red-lining
- Referral Fees
- Refinancing (Refi)
- Refugee
- Rejected Offer Transaction
- Release
- Release of Liability
- Release of Lien (Satisfaction)
- Release of Mortgage (Partial)
- Religious Freedom
- Relocation Appraisal
- Relocation Incentive
- Relocation Leave
- Relocation Management Service
- Relocation Policy
- Remediation
- Remuneration
- Rental Management Fee
- Rental Overlap
- Renter
- Repairs
- Repatriation
- Repatriation Services
- Replacement Cost
- Resale
- Rescission of Contract/Agreement
- Reserve Account
- Restriction of Record
- Restrictive Covenant
- Retirement Plans
- Retrogression
- Returning Residents
- Revalidation or Renewal of a Visa
- Revenue Ruling #2005-74
- Revenue Ruling #72-339
- Revenue Stamps
- Reversion
- Revocable
- Revocation of a Visa
- Rider
- Right of First Refusal
- Right of Redemption
- Right of Survivorship
- Right of Way
- Riparian
- Riparian Rights
- Roof Inspection
- Rule of 78's
S
- Safety-Net Buyout Offer
- Salary
- Salary Transition
- Sale Agreement
- Sale Fall Through (SFT)
- Sales Price
- Salvage
- Satisfaction
- Savings Plans
- Schedule "A" Occupations
- Seal
- Search
- Second Mortgage
- Second Preference
- Section 213A
- Security
- Security Deposit
- Self-Sale
- Seller Carry Back
- Selling Costs
- Separate Property
- Septic Inspection
- Servicing
- Setback
- Settlement Costs
- Settling-In Allowance
- Sheriff's Deed
- Shipper
- Short Sale
- Short-Term Assignment
- Sibling
- Single Status
- Society of Real Estate Appraisers (SRA)
- Soil Inspection
- Son/daughter
- Special Agricultural Worker (SAW)
- Special Assessment
- Special Immigrant
- Special Transaction
- Special Warranty Deed
- Specific Performance
- Spendable Income
- Split Payroll
- Sponsor
- Sponsored Immigrant
- Spouse
- Spouse Career Assistance
- Spouse/Partner Assistance Allowance
- Spread Footings
- Staging
- State Workforce Agency
- Statute of Limitations
- Stealth Expatriate
- Steamship Container
- Stepchild
- Stock Plans
- Stopovers
- Storage-In-Transit
- Structural Engineers' Report
- Structural Inspection
- Structural Pest Control Inspection
- Student Travel
- Subcontractor
- Subdivision
- Subject Property
- Subject to Mortgage
- Sublease
- Subordination
- Subsidy
- Substitution of Liability
- Sump Pump
- Supplemental Rate
- Surface Rights
- Survey
- Surviving Parent
- Sweat Equity
T
- Tariff (Transportation)
- Tax
- Tax Assistance
- Tax Briefing
- Tax Equalization
- Tax Lien
- Tax Preparation Services
- Tax Protection
- Tax Sale
- Tax-exempt
- Taxation
- Temporary Living Expenses
- Temporary Worker
- Tenancy
- Tenancy By Entirety
- Tenancy In Common
- Tenant
- Tenants in Common
- Term
- Termination of a Case
- Termite
- Termite Inspection
- Third Country National or TCN
- Third Party Home Sale Company
- Third Party Service (transportation)
- Third Preference
- Time is of the Essence
- Title
- Title Binder Fee
- Title Company
- Title Costs (Fees)
- Title Defect
- Title Evidence
- Title Exception
- Title Insurance/Mortgagee
- Title Insurance/Owners
- Title Search
- Torrens System
- Townhouse
- Township
- Toxic Mold
- Tract
- Trailing Spouse
- Transaction Type
- Transfer / Diplomatic Clause
- Transfer Fees
- Transfer Tax
- Transferee
- Transit Time
- Travel Documents
- Travel Services
- Tri-wall Container
- Trust Deed
- Trustee
- Truth-In-Lending Law
- Tuition Reimbursement
U
- Underwriting
- Upgrade a petition
- Urea Formaldehyde Foam Installation (UFFI)
- USPAP
- Utility
V
- VA
- VA / GI Loan
- VA Points
- Vacate Date
- Vacations
- Vaccinations
- Valid
- Valuation
- Value
- Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Valued Inventory List (VIL)
- Variable Rate Mortgage (VRM)
- Vendor
- Veterinarian's Report
- Visa
- Visa Expiration Date
- Visa Immigration Agent
- Visa Numbers
- Visa Validity
- Visa Waiver Program (VWP)
- Void
- Volume Weight
- Voluntary Service Program
W
- Wages
- Waiver
- Waiver of Ineligibility
- Warranty Deed
- Water Table
- Wealth Tax
- Webcasts
- Wills
- Work and/or Residence Permits
- Workday Calendar
- Working Schedule and Holidays
- Worldwide ERC®
- Writ of Attachment or Writ of Execution
Y
- Yield
- Yield Maturity
Z
- Zero Lot Line
- Zoning Ordinances
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