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 moreMore than 200 line illustrations graphs, charts, tablesA list of common abbreviations and mathematical formulasMortgage payment table and measurement tables for quick reference