Real Estate acronyms

Acronyms

General Terms

  • BOM / Beginning of Month
  • BRE / Bureau of Real Estate
  • CalBRE or BRE / California Bureau of Real Estate
  • C.A.R. / California Association of REALTORS®
  • CAVE / Citizens Against Virtually Everything
  • CFPB / Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
  • CMA / Comparative or Comparable Market Analysis
  • COE / Close of Escrow
  • CVAR / Central Valley Association of REALTORS®
  • DRE / Department of Real Estate (now CalBRE or BRE)
  • EOM / End of Month
  • EMD / Ernest Money Deposit
  • FIRPTA / Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act
  • HOA / Home Owners Association
  • MLS / Multiple Listing Service
  • NAHREP / National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
  • N.A.R. National Association of REALTORS®
  • NHD / Natural hazards Disclosure
  • NIMBY / Not in my backyard
  • PACE / Property Assessed Clean Energy Program
  • PUD / Planned Unit Development
  • REO / Real Estate Owned (bank owned properties)
  • WCR / Women’s Council of REALTORS®

Loan Terms

  • FHA / Federal Housing Administration
  • FNMA or Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association
  • Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
  • GFE / Good Faith Estimate
  • GNMA or Ginnie Mae / Government National Mortgage Association
  • HELOC / Home Equity Line of Credit
  • HUD / Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • RESPA / Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
  • TRID / Truth In Lending Integrated Disclosure

Zip Forms

  • AD / Agency Disclosure
  • AVID / Agent Visual Inspection Disclosure
  • BIA / Buyers Inspection Advisory
  • CO / Counter Offer
  • RLA / Residential Listing Agreement
  • RPA or RPA-CA / Residential Purchase Agreement
  • SBSA / Statewide Buyer Seller Advisory
  • SPQ / Seller Property Questionnaire
  • TDS / Transfer Disclosure Statement

NAR/CAR/CVAR Misc. Terms

  • AE / Association Executive
  • AOR / Association of REALTORS®
  • BOD / Board of Directors
  • CE / Continuing Education units
  • CREPAC / California Real Estate Political Action Committee
  • FPC / Federal Political Coordinator
  • G.A.D. / Government Affairs Director
  • HAF / Housing Affordability Fund
  • IMPAC / Issues Mobilization Political Action Committee
  • LCRC / Local Candidate Recommendation Committee
  • LGR / Local Government Relations
  • MHM / Members Helping Members
  • RAPP / REALTORS Alliance for Proper Planning
  • RAF / REALTOR Action Fund
  • RPR / REALTORS® Property Resource (for use with participating MLS systems)
  • YPN / Young Professionals Network

NAR Designations (most common)

  • CCIM / Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • CPM / Certified Property Manager
  • CRB / Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager
  • CRS / Certified Residential specialist
  • GRI / Graduate, REALTOR® Institute
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