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Dictionary of Real Estate Terms, Fifth Edition
Edited by Jack P Friedman, Jack C. Harris, J. Bruce Lindeman. Published by Barron's Educational Series, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, 2000, 454 pages, softcover.
$13.95
A dictionary of real estate terms is a pedestrian yet essential element of an appraiser's reference library. The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), Daubert, and others make the use of industry standard definitions and terminology mandatory.
Barron's has designed this pocket-size dictionary for heavy use and easy desktop reference. Its sturdy soft cover contains 454 pages of definitions, abbreviations, sketches, mortgage interest tables, metric and English conversions, and mathematical formulae. The presentation of the entries is simple and user-friendly, and the use of helpful examples is common. A typical entry reads as follows:
Liquidation Value the amount a property would bring under an immediate...