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California Real Estate Glossary

California Real Estate GlossaryWe have designed this California Real Estate Glossary on our web site to assist you with the purchase of your new home.  We assure you that it is our goal to provide you with the most professional and informative service available.  We are always just a phone call away at 562-413-7655 !

 

California Real Estate Terms to Know

 

ACCEPTANCE:  The date when both parties, seller and buyer, have agreed to and completed signing and/or initialing the contract.

ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE:  A mortgage that permits the lender to adjust the mortgage’s interest rate periodically on the basis of changes in a specified index. Interest rates may move up or down, as market conditions change.
 
AMORTIZED LOAN:  A loan, which is paid in equal installments during its term.

A.P.R. (ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE):  A term used in the Truth in Lending Act.  It represents the relationship of the total finance charge (interest, discount points, origination fees, loan broker, commission, etc.) to the amount of the loan.

APPRAISAL:  An estimate of real estate value, usually issued to standards of FHA, VA, and FHMA.  Recent comparable sales in the neighborhood is the most important factor in determining value.  This should be contrasted against the home inspection.

APPRECIATION:  An increase in the value of a property due to changes in market conditions or other causes. The opposite of depreciation.

ASSUMABLE MORTGAGE:  Purchaser takes ownership to real estate encumbered by an existing mortgage and assumes responsibility as the guarantor for the unpaid balance of the mortgage.

BILL OF SALE:  Document used to transfer title (ownership) of PERSONAL Property.
 
CLOSING STATEMENT (HUD1):  A financial statement rendered to the buyer and seller at the time of transfer of ownership, giving an account of all funds received or expended.  

CLOUD ON TITLE:  Any condition that affects the clear title to real property.

COMPARABLE SALES:  Sales that have similar characteristics as the subject property and are used for analysis in the appraisal process.

CONTRACT:  An agreement to do or not to do a certain thing.

CONSIDERATION:   Anything of value to induce another to enter into a contract, i.e., money, services, a promise.

Contingent

DEED:  Written instrument, which when properly executed and delivered, conveys title to real property.

DISCOUNT POINTS:  A loan fee charged by a lender of FHA, VA, or conventional loans to increase the yield on the investment.  One point = 1% of the loan amount.

EASEMENT:  The right to use the land of another.

ENCUMBRANCE:  Anything that burdens (limits) the fee title to the property, such as a lien, easement, or restriction of any kind.

EQUITY:  The value of real estate over and above the liens against it.  It is obtained by subtracting the total liens from the value. 

ESCROW PAYMENT:  That portion of a mortgagor’s monthly payment held in trust by the lender to pay for taxes, hazard insurance, mortgage insurance, lease payments, and other items as they become due.

FANNIE MAE:  Nickname for Federal National Mortgage Corporation (FNMA), a tax-paying corporation created by Congress to support the secondary mortgages insured by FHA or guaranteed by VA, as well as conventional home mortgages.

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION (FHA):  An agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Its main activity is the insuring of residential mortgage loans made by private lenders. The FHA sets standards for construction and underwriting but does not lend money or plan or construct housing.

FHA INSURED MORTGAGE:  A mortgage under which the Federal Housing Administration insures loans made, according to its regulations 

FIXED-RATE MORTGAGE:  A loan that fixes the interest rate at a prescribed rate for the duration of the loan.
 
FORECLOSURE:  Procedure, whereby property pledged as security for a debt, is sold to pay the debt in the event of default.

FREDDIE MAC:  Nickname for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), a federally controlled and operated corporation to support the secondary mortgage market.  It purchases and sells residential conventional home mortgages.

 

GRADUATED PAYMENT MORTGAGE:  Any loan where the borrower pays a portion of the interest due each month during the first few years of the loan.  The payment increases gradually during the first few years to the amount necessary to fully amortize the loan during its life.

INVESTOR:  The holder of a mortgage or the permanent lender for whom the mortgage banker services the loan.  Any person or institution that invests in mortgages. 

LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT:  Buyer makes a deposit for future purchases of a property with the right to lease the property for the interim.

LOAN TO VALUE RATION (LTV):  The ratio of the mortgage loan principal (amount borrowed) to the property’s appraised value (selling price).  For example on a $100,000 home, with a mortgage loan principal of $80,000 the loan to value ratio is 80%.

MORTGAGE:  A legal document that pledges a property to the lender as security for payment of a debt.

MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM (MIP):  The amount paid by a mortgagor for mortgage insurance.  This insurance protects the investor from possible loss in the event of a borrower’s default on a loan.

MORTGAGOR:  The borrower of money or the giver of the mortgage document.

NOTE:  A written promise to pay a certain amount of money.

ORIGINATION FEE:  A fee paid to the mortgagee for paying the mortgage before it becomes due.  Also known as prepayment fee or reinvestment fee.

PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE (PMI):  See Mortgage Insurance Premium.

PROMISSORY NOTE:  A written contract containing a promise to pay a definite amount of money at a definite future time.

 

REALTOR:  A member of local and state real estate boards, which are affiliated with the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

RENT WITH OPTION:  A contract, which gives one the right to lease a property at a certain sum with the option to purchase at a future date.

SECOND MORTGAGE/SECOND DEED OF TRUST/JUNIOR MORTGAGE OR JUNIOR LIEN:  An additional loan imposed on a property with a first mortgage.  Generally, a higher interest rate and shorter term than a first mortgage.

SEVERALTY OWNERSHIP:  Ownership by one person only.  Sole ownership.

SURVEY:  The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area ascertained.

TENANCY IN COMMON:  Ownership by two or more persons who hold an undivided interest without the right of survivorship.  (In event of the death of one owner, his/her share will pass to his/her heirs.)

TITLE INSURANCE:  An insurance policy which protects the insured (purchaser or lender against loss arising from defects in the title).

 

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