Real estate vocabulary

Real estate glossary

Plain-English definitions, exam tips and examples.

S

Specific Assistance (Alaska)

(AK)

Seller's Property Disclosure Statement (SPDS)

(AZ)

Stigmatized Property Rule (DC)

(DC)

Seller's Disclosure of Real Property Condition Report (Delaware)

(DE)

Statutory Agent and Presumed Agency (Delaware)

(DE)

Save Our Homes and Portability (Florida)

(FL)

Security Deed (Deed to Secure Debt)

(GA)

Seller Disclosure Statement (HRS 508D)

(HI)

Specific Assistance and Agency Disclosure (Iowa)

(IA)

Sponsoring Broker and Post-License Education (Illinois)

(IL)

Seller's Residential Real Estate Sales Disclosure (Indiana)

(IN)

Seller's Disclosure of Property Condition (KREC Form 402)

(KY)

Seller's Property Disclosure Statement (Maine)

(ME)

Shoreland Septic System Transfer Rule

(ME)

Seller Disclosure Act (Michigan)

(MI)

Spousal Joinder for Homestead (Minnesota)

(MN)

Small Tract Financing Act (Montana)

(MT)

Statutory Broker (Montana)

(MT)

Subdivided Lands Disposition Act (North Dakota)

(ND)

Seller Property Condition Disclosure Statement (Nebraska)

(NE)

Seller's Real Property Disclosure Form (SRPD)

(NV)

Stigmatized Property (RPL §443-a)

(NY)

Split Agency (Ohio In-Company Transaction)

(OH)

Seller's Property Disclosure Statement (Oregon)

(OR)

State Real Estate Commission (Pennsylvania)

(PA)

sale contingency

sale-leaseback

sales comparison approach

salesperson

satisfaction of mortgage

South Carolina Real Estate Commission

(SC)

South Dakota Homestead

(SD)

South Dakota Real Estate Commission (SDREC)

(SD)

Special Trust Account (South Dakota)

(SD)

secondary mortgage market

section

security deposit

seller agency

seller concession

seller financing

separate property

servient tenement

settlement

severalty

severance

sheriffs deed

short sale

simple interest

single agency

special agent

special assessment

special use permit

special warranty deed

specific lien

specific performance

sponsoring broker

spot zoning

square footage

statute of frauds

statute of limitations

statutory right of redemption

steering

stigmatized property

straight-line depreciation

strict foreclosure

subagent

subdivision

subject to

sublease

subordination clause

substitution

Superfund (CERCLA)

supply and demand

survey

survey fee

syndicate

Sales Agent Apprentice Education (SAE)

(TX)

State-Approved Forms (Utah)

(UT)

Standard Agent and Customer Presumption (Virginia)

(VA)

Seller Disclosure Statement, Form 17 (Washington)

(WA)

Services Agreement (Washington)

(WA)

Severed Mineral Estate (West Virginia)

(WV)

Statement of Consideration and Non-Disclosure (Wyoming)

(WY)

Statutory Right of Redemption and Homestead (Wyoming)

(WY)