investment in real estate
1Real estate investing — involves the purchase, ownership, management, rental and/or sale of real estate for profit. Improvement of realty property as part of a real estate investment strategy is generally considered to be a sub specialty of real estate investing called… …
2Real estate economics — is the application of economic techniques to real estate markets. It tries to describe, explain, and predict patterns of prices, supply, and demand. The closely related fields of housing economics is narrower in scope, concentrating on… …
3real estate investment trust — see trust Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. real estate investment trust …
4real estate investment trust — ( REIT) A trust used to hold ownership of real property for investors. The trust structure is used to benefit from tax code provisions. American Banker Glossary * * * real estate investment trust real estate investment trust ➔ REIT * * * real… …
5real estate mortgage investment conduit — real estate mortgage investment con·duit / kän ˌdü ət, ˌdyü / n: remic Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. real …
6real estate mortgage investment conduit — ( REMIC) The name of a type of mortgage backed pass through security. REMICs can take many forms. REMICs are typically multiclass securities. Unlike simple, non REMIC CMOs, REMICs can separate mortgage pools into different risk classes as well as …
7Real estate — Property lawReal estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions, notably in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia) that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is …
8Real Estate Investment Trust — ( REIT) REITs invest in real estate or loans secured by real estate and issue shares in such investments. A REIT is similar to a closed end mutual fund . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Real Estate Investment Trust ( REIT) An organization similar… …
9Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit — ( REMIC) A pass through tax entity that can hold mortgages secured by any type of real property and can issue multiple classes of ownership interests to investors in the form of pass through certificates, bonds, or other legal forms. A financing… …
10Real estate appraisal — Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the practice of developing an opinion of the value of real property, usually its Market Value. The need for appraisals arises from the heterogeneous nature of property as an… …
