Realtor Jargon:
Assumption clause -
A provision that allows a buyer to take responsibility for the mortgage from a seller.
Accelerated cost recovery system Acceleration clause Acceptance
Addendum Additional principal payment Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)
Adjustment period Agency closing Agency disclosure
Agreement of sale Alienation clause Alternative mortgage
Amortization Amortization tables Amortization term
Annual mortgagor statement Annuity Application fee
Appraisal Appraisal fee Appraisal report
Appraised value Appreciation APR (annual percentage rate)
ARM (adjustable rate mortgage) ARM index Assessed value
Assessment Assets Assignment
Assignor Assumable mortgage Assumption clause
Assumption fee Back title letter Back end ratio
Balance sheet Balloon loan Balloon payment
Bankruptcy Base loan amount Basis point
Before-tax income Bill of sale Binder
Binder Biweekly mortgage Blanket mortgage
Book value Break-even point Bridge loan
Broker Brokerage Buydown mortgage
Buyer's remorse Call option Cap
Capitalization Capitalization rate Caps (Interest Rate Caps)
Carryback financing Cash flow Cash-out refinance
Cashier's check Certificate of deposit index (CODI) Certificate of eligibility
Certificate of occupancy (CO) Certificate of Reasonable Value (CRV) Certificate of veteran status
Chain of title Clear title Closing
Closing costs Closing statement Cloud on title
Co-signer COFI Index (Cost of Funds Index) Commercial Mortgage
Commercial Mortgage Broker Commercial Mortgage Lender Commitment
Commitment fee Comparables Compound interest
Conditional commitment Conditional sale Conforming loan
Construction documents Construction loan Construction-to-permanent loan
Conventional loan Convertible adjustable-rate mortgage Cooperative mortgage
Courier fee Credit history Credit life insurance
Credit rating Credit report Credit repository
Credit Risk Score Credit Score Debt
Debt-to-Income Ratio Deed Deed of trust
Default Delinquency Delinquent mortgage
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Deposit Disclosure
Discount points Document needs list Documentation Preparation Fee
Down payment Draw Due on Sale clause
Earnest money Earthquake insurance Easement
Encumbrance End loan Entitlement
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) Equifax Equity
Errors and omissions insurance Escrow Escrow account
Escrow agent Escrow closing Escrow company
Escrow Disbursements Escrow payment Estate
Estimated closing costs Estimated hazard insurance Estimated property taxes
Examination of title Executed contract Experian
Fair Credit Reporting Act Fair Housing Act Fannie Mae
Farmer's Home Administration (FMHA) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) FHA loans FHA Mortgage Insurance
Firm commitment First mortgage Fixed time
Fixed-rate mortgage Flood certification Flood insurance
For Sale By Owner (FSBO) Freddie Mac Front end ratio
Fully Amortized ARM Gift Ginnie Mae
Good faith estimate Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) Grace period
Graduated Payment Mortgage Gross income Growing-equity mortgage
Hazard insurance High-rise Home equity line
Home equity loan Home inspection Home inspector
Home price Homeowner's insurance Homeowners Association (HOA)
Homeowners Association dues Homestead Housing expense ratio
HUD HUD-1 Uniform Settlement Statement Impounds
Income property Index Indexed Rate
Initial interest rate Initial rate cap Initial rate duration
Inspection fee Inspection report Insurance binder
Insured Mortgage Interest accrual rate Interest paid over life of loan
Interest rate Interest rate buy-down plans Interest rate cap
Interest rate ceiling Interest Rate Floor Interest only loan
Interim financing Investment property Joint liability
Joint tenancy Jumbo loan Junior mortgage
Late charge Late payment Lease-Purchase
Leasehold Legal blemish Legal description
Lender Liabilities Liability insurance
LIBOR Lien Life cap
Lifetime Payment Cap Lifetime Rate Cap Liquid assets
Loan application Loan application fee Loan commitment
Loan officer Loan origination fee Loan term
Loan-to-value ratio (LTV) Lock-in Lock-in period
Low-documentation loan LTV (loan-to-value ratio) Maintenance fee
Margin Market value Merged credit report
Modification Modified annual percentage rate (APR) Monthly association dues
Mortgage Mortgage acceleration clause Mortgage banker
Mortgage broker Mortgage broker business Mortgage insurance
Mortgage life insurance Mortgage Interest deduction Mortgagee
Mortgagor Negative amortization Net cash flow
Net worth No-cash-out refinance No-documentation loan
Non-assumption clause Non-conforming loan Non-liquid asset
Nonrecurring closing costs Note Note rate
One-year Adjustable Rate Mortgage Option Option Arm Loan
Original principal balance Origination fee Owner financing
Payment cap Payment Change Date Per-diem interest
Periodic Payment Cap Periodic Rate Cap PITI (principal, interest, taxes, and insurance)
Pledged Account Mortgage (PAM) Point Pre-approval
Pre-approval letter Prepaid expenses Prepaid fees
Prepaid interest Prepayment penalty Prequalification
Principal paid over life of loan Principle of conformity Private mortgage insurance (PMI)
Processing fee Property tax Purchase-money mortgage (PMM)
Qualifying ratio Quitclaim deed Rate cap
Rate lock Rate-improvement mortgage Recording fee
Refinancing Regulation Z Rehabilitation mortgage
Remaining balance Remaining term Rescission
Reverse mortgage Right to rescission Sales contract
Second mortgage Seller carry-back Seller financing
Settlement or closing fees Settlement statement Shared-appreciation mortgage
Shared-equity transaction Step-rate mortgage Subordinate loan
Subsequent rate adjustments Subsequent rate cap Super jumbo mortgage
Survey Sweat equity Tax lien
Tax service fee Teaser rate Tenancy by the entirety
Tenancy in common Timeshare Title
Title company Title Exam Title insurance
Title insurance binder Title risk Title search
Total expense ratio Total lender fees Total loan amount
Total monthly housing costs Total of all payments Townhouse
Trading down Trading up Trans Union Corporation
Transfer tax Treasury Index Two-step mortgage
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Underwriters' knot Underwriting
Underwriting fee Unrecorded deed VA (Veterans Administration)
VA loan Variable rate mortgage (VRM) Verification of deposit (VOD)
Verification of employment (VOE) Warehouse fee Wraparound mortgage
Yield spread