Glossary of Real Estate Terms - Terms

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Abstract of judgment,law

Accelerated cost recovery system

Acceleration clause

Accelerated depreciation

Acceptance

Access

Accessibility

Accretion

Acknowledgment

Acre

Acre foot

Active solar system

Actual age

Addendum

Additional principal payment

Add-on interest

Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)

Adjusted cost basis

Adjustment period

Administrator

Administrator's deed

Adverse possession

Adverse use

Aeolian soil

Affiant

Affirmation

A-frame design

Agency

Agency closing

Agent

Agreed boundary

Agreement of sale

Alcove

Alienation clause

Alkali

Alkaline soil

Alley

Allowances

Alternative mortgage

Aluminum-clad windows

Aluminum siding

Amenities

American Society of Home Inspectors

Americans with Disabilities Act

Amortization

Amortization tables

Amperage

Anchor bolt

Annual

Annual mortgagor statement

Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Annuity

Anticipatory breach

Application

Application fee

Appraisal

Appraisal fee

Appraisal report

Appraised value

Appreciation

Arbitration

Arbor

Arch

Architect

Architectural fees

Arpent

Asbestos

As-is condition

Asking price

Assessed value

Assessment

Assessment rolls

Assets

Assignor

Assumable mortgage

Assumption clause

Assumption fee

Average price

Avigation easement

Awning windows