Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms - Softcover

Stevens, Robert E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789023423 ISBN 13: 9780789023421

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

An invaluable resource for real estate professionals and students

Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms puts the terms used every day in the marketing and study of real estate at your fingertips. With a simple A-to-Z format, this comprehensive reference guide gets right to the point, providing brief but clear definitions and understandable explanations for more than 300 current terms and concepts used in every aspect of the real estate industry. An essential communication tool for anyone working in real estate management, insurance, economics, and urban planning, this practical guide is equally valuable for libraries, academics, and students.

Compiled by Bill and Ryan Roark, realtors and co-hosts of Taking Care of Business, a live weekly real estate news and information talk radio program, the Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms provides quick and easy access to the terminology that’s unique to the real estate industry. From A (AAA Tenant, absorption rate, abstract) to Z (zoning) and everything in between, this handy reference resource will ensure you’re not at a loss for words when dealing with the legal and financial issues related to real estate and property. The book also includes an appendix of sample forms and contracts and another that covers measurements and conversions.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms explains:

• adjustable rate
  
• brokerage fee
  
• due diligence
  
• internal rate of return (IRR)
  
• loan to value (LTV)
  
• non-binding agreement
  
• planned unit development (PUD)
  
• recapture rate
  
• sale leaseback
  
• tertiary trade area
  
• upside/downside
  
• warranty deed
  
• and much more!

The Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms is equally valuable as a professional reference guide and as a classroom and library resource.

About this title

Review:

"AN EXCELLENT REFERENCE for anyone involved in the real estate business, whether the person is a practitioner or a consumer." -- Michael Harford, J.D. Wake Forest University School of Law, Professor of Management, Morehead State University, past Chairholder of Real Estate Studies, Morehead State University

"This book is very useful in that it provides example forms of leases, closing checklists, purchase agreements, and lease/purchase agreements." -- Crystal C. Acreman, Realtor, Century 21 Shackelford-French, Louisiana

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0789023423
• ISBN 13: 9780789023421
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308