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Real Estate Glossary – Part III

Successful real estate listing needs careful research, loads of attention and clear understanding of terms that are used in the ongoing real estate industry. Understandably, from last two articles.

Author: Anirban

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Successful real estate listing needs careful research, loads of attention and clear understanding of terms that are used in the ongoing real estate industry. Understandably, from last two articles, we have constantly putting an effort to make our readers smarter when it comes to knowing the correct usage of real estate terminology. This new article contains few more words and their exact meaning. Let’s take a brief look on the following words that mean a lot in real estate industry:

Commission: It is a percentage of the sale price of a property that has to be given to a real estate professional as a fee for his or her services for negotiating the transaction.

Condominium: a kind of property ownership, in which a person owns a unit usually in a multiple complex. In this arrangement, a condominium owner shares responsibility of common areas.

Conventional loan: A kind of loan given by a private organization usually no guaranteed by the U.S. government.

Cooperative (Co-op): In this arrangement, a group of people buy a collective infrastructure and then, each one is allowed to live in a specific unit of that collective possession.

Credit history: A record that states the individual's debt payment. Lenders use this statement before providing adequate loan amount to the borrower.

Credit report: A report that states all debts including past and present and the timeliness of their repayment; a summary of an individual's credit history.

Debt-to-income ratio: A ratio that compare gross income to housing and non-housing expenses. According to the provisions of the U.S. government, it should not exceed over 29% of monthly gross income.

Deed: A contract that notifies the transfer of property from the seller to the buyer.

Deed-in-lieu: A contract provided to the lender to pay the debts especially to avoid situation like foreclosure.

Default: A situation in which the borrower fails to pay his monthly mortgage payments in a timely manner to meet his mortgage promise.

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