Real Estate Glossary and Terminology

 

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DAMAGES

The indemnity recoverable by a person who has sustained an injury either in his person, property, or relative rights through the act or default of another.

DEED

A written instrument which, when properly executed and delivered conveys title.

DEFAULT

The failure to fulfill a duty or promise or to discharge an obligation:  an omission or failure to perform any act.

DEFEASANCE CLAUSE

The clause in a mortgage that gives the mortgagor the right to redeem his property upon the payment of his obligations to the mortgagee.

DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT

A judgment given when the security pledge for a loan does not satisfy the debt upon its default.

DEPRECIATION

The loss of value in real property brought about by age, physical deterioration for functional or economic obsolescence.  Broadly, a loss in value from any cause.

DEVISOR

One who receives a bequest made by a will.

DIRECTIONAL GROWTH

The location or direction toward which the residential sections of a city are destined or determined to grow.

 

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