Resources
Real Estate Terms
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actual cash value
The price property will bring in a fair market, after fair and reasonable efforts have been made to [...]
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amortization
The process of recovering, over a stated period of time, a capital investment; the provision for the [...]
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arbitrage
Buying in one market while selling simultaneously in another to make a profit (minus transaction costs). [...]
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capitalization
The process of converting into a present value (obtaining present worth of) a series of anticipated [...]
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capitalization rate
The rate used to convert income into value. [...]
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compound interest
The interest on interest; interest earned during a given period is added to the principal and included [...]
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consumer price index
Various statistical indexes gathered and published by the U.S. federal government as economic indicators. [...]
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cost approach
A method in which the value of a property is derived by estimating the replacement cost of the improvements, [...]
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creative financing
Any financing arrangement other than a traditional mortgage from a third-party lending institution. [...]
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debt service
The payments consisting of amortization and interest on a loan. [...]
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depreciation
A loss from the upper limit of value caused by deterioration and/or obsolescence. [...]
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discount rate
An interest rate commensurate with perceived risk; used to convert future payments or receipts to present [...]
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DOWNREIT
Similar to an UPREIT, with the difference lying in asset holdings. Most of a DOWNREIT's holdings are [...]
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equity
The net value of a property, obtained by subtracting from its total value all liens and other charges [...]
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funds from operations
Net income, excluding gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property, plus depreciation [...]
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income approach
An appraisal technique in which the anticipated net income is processed to indicate the capital amount [...]
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leverage
The use of borrowed funds to complete an investment transaction. The higher the proportion of borrowed [...]
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market sales approach
An appraisal technique in which the market value estimate is predicated upon prices paid in actual market [...]
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market value
The price to expect if a reasonable time is allowed to find a purchaser and if both seller and prospective [...]
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mortgage constant
The total annual payment of principal and interest (annual debt service) on a level-payment amortized [...]
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multiple percentage rates
A lease agreement in which the percentage rent rate changes at various increments of sales. [...]
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net operating income
The income after deducting from gross income the operating expenses, including property taxes; insurance; [...]
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operating expenses
Generally speaking, all expenses, occurring periodically, that are necessary to produce net income before [...]
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recapture rate
The annual rate at which capital investment is returned to an investor over a specified period of time; [...]
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Sources
ICSC, NAREIT, "Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms." [...]
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time value of money The concept underlying compound interest
that a dollar received today is worth more than a dollar in the future, due to opportunity, cost, inflation [...]
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UPREIT
In the typical umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT), the partners of an existing [...]