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CONVEYANCE
The document used to effect a transfer, such as a deed, or mortgage.

PREPAYMENT PENALTY
The amount set by the creditor as a penalty to the debtor for paying off the debt prior to its maturity. The prepayment penalty is charged by the lender to recoup a portion of interest that he had planned to earn when he made the loan.

DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSE
Provision in a mortgage or deed of trust allowing the lender to demand immediate payment of the loan balance upon sale of the property.

GROSS AREA
The total floor area of a building measured from the exterior of the walls (excluding those unenclosed).

EQUITY
That interest or value remaining in property after payment of all liens or other charges on the property. A owner's equity is normally the monetary interest over and above the mortgage indebtedness.

PRESENT VALUE OF ONE DOLLAR
A doctrine which is based on the fact that money has a time value. The present worth of a payment to be received at some time in the future is the amount of the payment less the loss of interest.

LEVEL PAYMENT MORTGAGE
A mortgage which is scheduled to be repaid in equal periodic payments which include both principal and interest.

ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
One who is authorized by another to act in his place under a power of attorney.

FORECLOSURE
A legal procedure whereby property used as security for debt is sold to satisfy the debt in the event of default in payment of the mortgage note or default of other terms in the mortgage document.

PRE-SALE
A pre-construction sale program by a condominium developer who is required to sell a certain percentage of units before a lender will commit to finance construction of the project.

PLAT
A map or a town, section, or subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.

CAPS (PAYMENT)
Consumer safeguards which limit the amount monthly payments on an adjustable-rate mortgage may change. Since they do not limit the amount of interest the lender is earning, these consumer safeguards may cause negative amortization.

TITLE
Document which gives evidence of ownership of a property. Also indicates the rights of ownership and possession of the property.

REAL ESTATE
The physical land and appurtenances, including any structures; for all practical purposes synonymous with real property.

OFFICE EXCLUSIVE
A listing in which the seller refuses to submit the listing to Multiple Listing Service, even after being informed of the advantages of MLS, and signs a certification to that effect.

ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE
A form of insurance which covers liabilities for errors, mistakes and negligence in the usual listing and selling activities of a real estate office or escrow company.

TAX IMPOUND
Money paid to and held by a lender for annual tax payments.

REPRODUCTION COST
The cost, on the basis of current prices, of reproducing a new replica property with the same or fairly similar material.

APPURTENANT
Belonging to; adjunct; appended or annexed.

CAP RATE (CAPITALIZATION RATE)
The percentage selected for use in the income approach to valuation of improved property. The cap rate is designed to reflect the recapture of the original investment over the economic life of the improvement, to give the investor an acceptable rate of return (yield) on the original investment, and to provide for the return on borrowed capital.

REAL PROPERTY
All land and appurtenances to land, including buildings, structures, fixtures, fences, and improvements erected upon or affixed to the same; excluding, however, growing crops.

NET LEASE
A lease, usually commercial, whereby the lessee pays not only the rent for occupancy, but also pays maintenance and operating expenses such as tax, insurance, utilities and repairs. Thus the rent paid is "net" to the lessor.

ALIENATION CLAUSE
A clause in a promissory note or mortgage which provides that the balance of the secured debt becomes immediately due and payable at the option of the mortgagee upon the alienation of the property by the mortgagor.

REFINANCE
The act of obtaining a new loan to pay off an existing loan; the process of paying off one loan with the proceeds from another.

EXCHANGE
A transaction in which all or part of the consideration for the purchase of real property is the transfer of property of a like kind.

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