Glossary Index: A

A&D

AAA Tenant

Abandonment

Abatement

Above Building Standard

Absentee Owner

Absolute Auction

Absorption Cooling System

Absorption Rate

Abstract of Title

Abstract of Title with Attorney’s Opinion

Abstraction

Accelerated Cost Recovery System

Accelerated Depreciation

Acceleration Clause

Access Right

Accession

Accommodator

Accredited Management Organization (AMO)

Accretion

Accrual Basis

Accrued (Closing) Expenses

Accrued Depreciation

Accumulated Depreciation

Accrued Interest

Acidic Soil

Acknowledgment

Acoustical Tile

Acquisition & Development Financing

Acquisition Cost

Acre

Acre Foot

A-Credit

Act of God

Active Income

Active Solar System

Actual Age

Actual Cash Value

Actual Eviction

Actual Notice

Ad Valorem Tax

Addendum

Additional Principal Payment

Add-On Factor

Add-On Interest

Ademption

Adhesion Contract

Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM)

Adjusted Cost Basis

Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)

Adjusted Sale Price

Adjusted Tax Basis

Adjustment Interval

Administered Price System

Administrator

Administrator’s Deed

Adobe

Adult Day Care

Adverse Possession

Aeolian Soil

Aesthetic Zoning

Affiant

Affirmative Easement

Affordability Analysis

Affordable Housing

A-Frame Roof

After-Acquired Property

After-Tax Cash Flow

After-Tax Rate

Agency

Agency By Estoppel

Agency By Necessity

Agency Closing

Agency Guidelines

Age-Segregated Community

Aging in Place

Aggregation Risk

Agreed Boundary

Agreement of Sale

Agricultural Land (AG)

Agricultural Lease

Air Change Per Hour (ACH)

Air Lot

Air Rights

Alcove

Alienation Clause

Alienation of Property

Alimony

Alkaline Soil

Alligator Investment

All-Inclusive Encumbrance

All-Inclusive Trust Deed

Allodial System

Allowance

Allowance Over Building Shell

All-Suite Hotel

Alluvion

Alquist-Priolo Special Study Zone

Alt-A Loan

Alteration

Alternative Mortgage

Aluminum Siding

Amenities

American Craftsman

American Craftsman Bungalow

American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (AIREA)

American Land Title Association (ALTA)

American Rule

American Society of Appraisers (ASA)

American Society of Real Estate Counselors (ASREC)

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

AMO

Amortization

Amortization Schedule
Amperes, Amps

Anchor Bolt

Anchor Tenant

Anchored Property

Ancient Lights

Annexation

Anniversary Date

Annual Cap

Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Anticipation Principle

Anticipatory Breach

Anti-Deficiency Loan

Antitrust Laws

A-Paper

Apartment

Application (Loan)

Application Fee

Appraisal

Appraisal Institute

Appraisal Review

Appraised Value

Appraiser

Appreciation

Appropriative Water Rights

Approval Commitment

Appurtenances

Appurtenant Easement

APR

Apron

Aquifer

Arbitrage

Arbitration

Arbor

Arch

Architect

Architectural Fee

Arm’s Length Transaction

Arpent

Arrears

Art Deco

Art Nouveau

Artesian Spring

Articles of Association

Articles of Incorporation

As Is

Asbestos

Asbestos-Containing Material (ACM)

Asking Price

Assemblage

Assembly

Assessed Value

Assessment

Assessment (Condominium) Letter

Assessment Ratio

Assessment Rolls

Assessor

Asset

Asset Statement

Asset Turnover

Asset-Backed Securities

Asset-Based Lender

Assigned Lease

Assignee

Assignment of Contract

Assignment of Rent

Assignor

Assisted Living

Associate Broker

Association Dues

Assumable Loan

Assumption (Loan)

Assumption Agreement

Atrium

Attachment

Attorney Review

Attorney’s Opinion of Title

Attornment

Attractive Nuisance

Auction

Auction Listing

Auction With Reserve

Automated Underwriting

Automated Valuation Model

Automatic Renewal Clause

Average Daily Rate (ADR)

Average Downtime

Average Free Rent

Average Life

Average Occupancy

Avigation Easement

AVM

Avulsion

Award Letter

Awning Window

Axial Growth Theory