Need to know real estate jargon This quick-reference guide can help. Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms includes more than 3,000 terms and definitions to help you feel comfortable using modern real estate language. This guide is a quick reference for home buyers and sellers, real estate professionals, business students, investors, or attorneys. You'll get- Definitions for real estate topics A-z, including- appraisal, architecture, brokerage, construction, debenture, flood plain, negative, amortization, security instrument, subprime loan, underlying mortgage, zoning, and more More than 200 line illustrations graphs, charts, tables A list of common abbreviations and mathematical formulas Mortgage payment table and measurement tables for quick reference.