This indispensable real estate lexicon has been a bestseller since it debuted. Now expanded to include 500 new terms, ti is the most up-to-date, easy-to-use guide available to the special terminology used in the commercial and residential real estate industry. Presented in dictionary format. Includes standardized forms for trusts, deeds, appraisals, and other transactions.

Expanded and updated, this popular reference alphabetically lists and defines more than 2,000 terms pertaining to real estate. Topics covered include mortgages, tax laws, engineering, architecture, and all important aspects of buying and selling. Includes financial tables, typical legal forms, and a bibliography. Line drawings.

This reference is a must have for all real estate students and professionals. It is a dictionary of terms for the field of real estate in addition to providing appendixes on the Real Estate Organization, Real Estate Commissions, and Real Estate Forms.

This pocket-sized book provides brief, easy-to-understand definitions of more than 2,000 terms that relate to real estate purchase, sale, taxes, and law. It also features helpful graphs, tables, and charts, with information updated in this new edition to reflect the current real estate market. Here is a fine take-along handbook for people entering the house-buying market, and a helpful quick-reference source for real estate agents.

The Glossary of Property Terms has helped define the property industry since its first publication in 1989. This second edition remains the glossary for all in the landed professions and related endeavours. It has been expanded to include recent additions to the property vocabulary and existing terms have been revised and amended where necessary to reflect correct common useage. This highly practical guide contains some 3,200 terms and definitions as well as nearly 760 abbreviations. This fully updated edition reveals the meanings and nuances of many terms recently introduced into the vocabulary of property. In addition, terms which have a more historic significance have been retained, but amended as appropriate. A must have book for property professionals and students alike.

"The Little Book of Real Estate Definitions has been put together by the professionals at Jones Lang LaSalle, the region's pre-eminent real estate services firm. The publication covers all aspects of real estate from office buildings to retail, hotel and other categories of commercial property." "Related accounting and legal terms in common use across Asia Pacific are also covered as well as charts that lay out the country by country standards for quoting rental rates, lease terms and real estate taxes. Where a term is specific to one country, the country abbreviation is included." --Book Jacket.

This comprehensive reference book has been updated to reflect the country’s gradually recovering real estate market. It covers virtually every aspect of buying and selling, understanding mortgages, analyzing real estate investment opportunities, getting and understanding appraisal reports, and more. The book’s most important features include An up-to-date summary of federal real estate legislation and regulations An overview and general description of careers in real estate A 400-plus-page real estate glossary with A-to-Z short-entry definitions of real estate terms, financing terms, house styles and parts, and real estate organizations An extensive set of tables that show monthly mortgage payment figures calculated across a wide range of annual interest rates Facsimile real estate forms and worksheets to familiarize potential buyers with the paperwork involved in getting a mortgage and purchasing real estate Here in one volume is a compendium of facts, figures, and general information that covers virtually every aspect of today’s real estate industry. Features hundreds of charts, tables, and line illustrations.

An invaluable resource for real estate professionals and students Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms puts the terms used every day in the marketing and study of real estate at your fingertips. With a simple A-to-Z format, this comprehensive reference guide gets right to the point, providing brief but clear definitions and understandable explanations for more than 300 current terms and concepts used in every aspect of the real estate industry. An essential communication tool for anyone working in real estate management, insurance, economics, and urban planning, this practical guide is equally valuable for libraries, academics, and students. Compiled by Bill and Ryan Roark, realtors and co-hosts of “Taking Care of Business,” a live weekly real estate news and information talk radio program, the Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms provides quick and easy access to the terminology that’s unique to the real estate industry. From A (AAA Tenant, absorption rate, abstract) to Z (zoning) and everything in between, this handy reference resource will ensure you’re not at a loss for words when dealing with the legal and financial issues related to real estate and property. The book also includes an appendix of sample forms and contracts and another that covers measurements and conversions. The Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms explains: adjustable rate brokerage fee due diligence internal rate of return (IRR) loan to value (LTV) non-binding agreement planned unit development (PUD) recapture rate sale leaseback tertiary trade area upside/downside warranty deed and much more! The Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms is equally valuable as a professional reference guide and as a classroom and library resource.

This reference book defines hundreds of terms related to buildings, properties, markets, regulations, and appraisal. Specialized sections cover property types, business valuation, international valuation, real estate organizations and professional designations, legal and regulatory aspects, uniform standards, information technology, measures and conversions, and architecture and construction. The architecture and construction section is heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.