Terms Beginning with D

  1. Datum

    A horizontal plane that serves as a reference point for...

  2. DBA

    Doing business as. A trade name, also known as a trading...

  3. Debenture

    A note or bond that is issued as proof of debt but does not...

  4. Debt

    A debt is an obligation to pay back or refund anything that...

  5. Declining balance method

    A technique of estimating an asset's depreciation that may...

  6. Deed in lieu of foreclosure

    A way for the person who has the mortgage to keep their home...

  7. Deed of reconveyance

    The legal document that is used to retransfer ownership to a...

  8. Deed of trust

    An document that is used to form a lien and through which...

  9. Deed restrictions

    The provisions in a deed that place restrictions on who may...

  10. Deed

    A written document that, once signed and delivered,...

  11. Default

    The act of failing to execute a responsibility, whether that...

  12. Defeasance clause

    A provision that may be found in mortgages and leases and...

  13. Defeasible fee estate

    A qualifying estate in which the grantee may lose their...

  14. Deficiency judgment

    A personal judgment that is issued on the mortgagor in the...

  15. Delinquent taxes

    Past-due taxes that have not been paid in full.

  16. Delivery in escrow

    Not allowing the delivery of a deed to a third party until...

  17. Delivery

    The formal process through which ownership of something is...

  18. Demand

    The degree to which individuals are eager to purchase things...

  19. Density zoning

    The zoning rules that limit the average maximum number of...

  20. Depreciation

    A decrease in the value of a property that may be attributed...

  21. Descent

    The right of an heir to inherit the property of a deceased...

  22. Designed agency

    An agency connection in which a customer chooses a broker to...

  23. Determinable fee estate

    An estate in fee simple in which ownership of the property...

  24. Devise

    A transfer of real property as part of someone's will or...

  25. Diminishing returns

    The idea that states that when a particular piece of land...

  26. Discount points

    A loan fee that is imposed on by the lender to make the...

  27. Discount rate

    The annual percentage rate of interest (APY) that is charged...

  28. Dispossess

    To remove someone from land via the use of legal means.

  29. Dominant tenement

    A piece of real estate that, as part of its ownership, comes...

  30. Dower

    The legal right or interest that may be recognized in...

  31. Duress

    The use of illegal restraint in a manner that compels a...

  32. DVA loan

    A mortgage loan on an approved property that is given to a...