- The angle of a roof in relation to its horizontal axis expressed as a ratio of inches (cmm) per foot of horizontal distance.
- The sloping of ground, such as sloping ground away from the rear of a house to prevent the flooding of a basement.
- A viscous tar resin used in caulking and paving.
Popular Real Estate Terms
Provision of the Internal Revenue Code applying to gains from the sale of personal property subject to depreciation. In most cases, the gains are at the capital gains tax rate limited to ...
The meaning of recordation defines the act of recording deeds and various property documents in a public registry office. Recordation proves ownership claims on a property or other assets. ...
Generation X, also known as Gen X , is the generational extract of Americans that are sandwiched between the Baby Boomer Generation and the Millennial generation (also called ...
Point at which a housing development becomes a neighborhood. After an initial housing development is sold and the new owners become established, the neighborhood stage begins. The ...
A judgment of a court issued as a final order after hearing all the evidence and material directly related to some matter before its consideration. A final degree considers al the rights to ...
Law enacted by a local authority applicable to the action of people or things. An example is a fine of $5,000 for littering vacant real estate. ...
Costs taken over an above what one is entitled to. This can occur either by claiming depreciation costs exceeding actual depreciable value or by depreciating items that cannot be ...
Way of valuing real estate that computes the discounted present value of an expected stream of income, including rental income and future capital gains or losses. ...
Appraisal by summation is an Alias for Replacement Cost A.K.A. Cost Approach, which is one of the approaches an Appraiser can go through in order to assign a Market Value to a ...

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