Federal Tax Lien

Method of using the buyer's down payment on a home as an interest bearing collateralized account to help offset the mortgage amortization process. The home down payment is used to ...

Named after Sir Robert Torrens, a British administrator in Australia. The torrens system is a state-sponsored system of land title registration, not applicable in states, such as California. ...

3D Printed Homes are basically homes that were printed via 3D Printers. Though semantically the phrase is pretty obvious and straightforward, there’s a lot we need to contextualize ...

See savings and loan association. ...

The floor of a building closets to the building grade. Normally, the ground floor of a building is the first floor. A ground floor can sometimes be located between the first floor and the ...

Among other things. Inter alia is an ancient method of referring to statutes without reciting all of their provisions. ...

Also called a title defect. Any claim, lien, or encumbrance which, if valid, may impair the owners title to the property. This cloud does not hinder transfer of ownership on the property, ...

The amount of a periodic payment, whether monthly, quarterly, or annually, including interest and principal, required for a mortgage payment. ...

To figure out where you stand on the debt-to-income ratio, you must first understand the meaning of the figure. Most lenders use the ratio 28/36. The first number, which is also referred ...

An opinion of a properties fair market value, based on an appraisers inspection and analysis of the property. ...

This question might have crossed your mind while planning for retirement, or... after inheriting your aunt’s under-the-mattress savings. You spread your wings ready to fly to the ...

Not only can one convert a warehouse into a home, but many people have been doing just that. Converting a warehouse into a loft living space is actually kind of a trend which started ...

Yes, you can use two realtors® to sell your house. Actually, more than two. You can use how many you’d like. It’s what is called an Open Listing. In it, the home seller ...

A lock in guarantees a certain interest rate for a certain period of time. ...

There’s really no easy and quick answer to “how much money can I borrow to buy a home?” It will all depend on the overall financial health of the area in question, the ...

Not only can homeowners associations impose pet restrictions but almost 100% of them do. Here’s the thing: the job of a homeowners associations or HOA is to look at the big ...