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Favorable occurrence providing a good chance for success, usually in financial terms.
Popular Real Estate Terms
Examining and testing the ground to determine the conditions for building something, such as an office building. ...
A mortgage where the payments are overdue and open to a foreclosure action at any time. A mortgage not having a prepayment clause permitting the mortgagor to repay the mortgage at any ...
(1) Short-term loan that is made in anticipation of permanent longer term loans. The interest rate on such a loan is usually higher than on longer term loans. (2) A business loan in which ...
Zoning a portion of land in a given area for different purposes than its surrounding functions. For example, a locality may decide to spot zone a vacant lot in a residential area for ...
Apartment building in which each resident owns a percentage share of the corporation that owns the building. ...
One of series of parallel beams directly supporting a floor or a roof. Joists can be made out of wood, steel or steel reinforced concrete. Joists are in turn supported by other beams or ...
A provision that allows a mortgage recorded at a later date to take preference over an existing mortgage. ...
Federal agency providing home financing to qualified people in low-income, rural areas. ...
Statutes stipulating that the property of deceased individuals is distributed in a way that assumes that property during marriage is jointly owned and equally shared by the spouses ...

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