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Office Location

375 Putnam Pike Ste 35,
Smithfield, RI 02917
Phone: (401) 349-5000
Fax: (401) 349-5099

Real Estate Glossary

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Damages
The amount recoverable by a person who has been injured in any manner through the act or default of another.

Debenture
An unsecured bond or note.

Debit
In a closing statment or settlement, an item that is charged to a buyer or seller. Co

Debit Card (EFT)
A plastic card which looks similar to a credit card, that consumers may use to make purchases, withdrawals, or other types of electronic fund transfers.

Debt
An amount owed to another. See installment loan and revolving liability.

Deed
The legal document conveying title to a property.

Deed-in-Lieu
A deed given by a mortgagor to the mortgagee to satisfy a debt and avoid foreclosure. Also called a "voluntary conveyance."

Deed of Trust
The document used in some states instead of a mortgage; title is conveyed to a trustee.

Deed Stamp
A tax that is required in some municipalities if a property changes hands. The amount of this tax can vary with each state, city and county.

Default
Failure to make mortgage payments on a timely basis or to comply with other requirements of a mortgage.

Delinquency
Failure to make mortgage payments when mortgage payments are due.

Delivery Fee
A fee charged generally by the title company or attorney for the delivery of documents to your lender.

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
An agency of the federal government that provides services and guarantees residential mortgages made to eligible veterans of the military services.

Deposit
A sum of money given to bind the sale of real estate, or a sum of money given to ensure payment or an advance of funds in the processing of a loan. See earnest money deposit.

Depreciation
A decline in the value of property; the opposite of appreciation.

Devise
A gift of real property by will or last testament.

Disburse
To pay out on the loan.

Disclosures
Information that must be given to consumers about their financial dealings.

Discount Points
Fees that are collected by the lender in exchange for a lower interest rate. Each discount point is 1% of the loan amount. Sometimes referred to as "points".

Discount Rate
The interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges member banks for loans, using government securities or eligible paper as collateral. This provides a floor on interest rates, since banks set their loan rates a notch above the discount rate.

Document Preparation
Lenders will prepare some of the legal documents that you will be signing at the time of closing, suche as the mortgage, note, and truth-in-lending statement. This fee covers the expenses associated with the preparation of these documents.

Documentary Stamp
A tax levied by some local or state governments at the time the deeds and mortgages are entered into public record.

Dower
The rights of a widow in the property of her husband at his death.

Down Payment
The part of the purchase price of a property that the buyer pays in cash and does not finance with a mortgage.

Draw Period
Generally associated with home equity lines of credit, the draw period is the period of time that you can access funds from the line. After the draw period expires, a repayment period generally follows.

Dual Agent
An agent representing both parties in a transaction. In almost every state, dual agency is illegal and unethical without the written consent of both the buyer and the seller.

Due-on-Sale Clause
A provision in a mortgage that allows the lender to demand repayment in full if the borrower sells the property that serves as security for the mortgage.

Due-on-Transfer Provision
This terminology is usually used for second mortgages. See Due-on-Sale Clause.

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