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    • Careers in the Real Estate Industry

      The real estate industry offers many careers choices from selling and buying homes to loan products. Appraisers can affect the futures of entire towns and cities. Brokers can smooth over multi-million dollar deals. Mortgage lenders make the entire enterprise affordable for the masses of people who would otherwise not be able to become... more »

    • About Home Loans

      There are many varieties of home loans. Most are used to purchase homes, but others can be used for refinancing to better your loan terms or give you cash for home improvements and repairs, education and many other worthwhile reasons. Learning about the types of home loans available helps you become a smarter shopper. more »

    • How to Handle A Falling Real Estate Market

      When house prices are dropping and the number of foreclosures are rising there’s one sure way for a homeowner to survive -- hang on tight. more »

    • How to Find Real Estate Cash Notes

      Buying and selling real estate cash notes is big business. There are many real estate investors that are owed money on private mortgages they need to monetize---which is especially viable in this tough economy. Buying cash notes can result in a steady stream of income. Finding them available for sale can be a challenge; however, the... more »

    • First-Time Home Buying Tips

      Your home is probably going to be the largest single purchase you will make in your lifetime. Buying your first home can be an emotional roller-coaster, from the mortgage application process to price negotiations. Use these tips for first-time home buyers to make the experience one you won't regret. more »

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    • Home Buying Inspection Basics

      If you are getting ready to buy a home you should have it inspected before you sign any...

    • Mortgage Modification

      Foreclosure is a fast-growing problem in the U.S., but a few late payments don't have to mean...

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    Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions, such as the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and The Bahamas) that encompasses land along with improvements to the land, such as buildings,fences, wells and other site improvements that are fixed in location -- immovable."real">"Real estate" The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Retrieved July 12, 2008 Real estate law is the body of regulations and legal codes which pertain to such matters under a particular jurisdiction and include things such as commercial and residential real property transactions. Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property (sometimes called realty), in contrast with personal property (sometimes called chattel or personalty under chattel law or personal property law).

    However, in some situations the term "real estate" refers to the land and fixture s together, as distinguished from "real property," referring to ownership of land and appurtenances, including anything of a permanent nature such as structures, trees, minerals, and the interest, benefits, and inherent rights thereof. Real property is typically considered to be Immovable property"Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary / Definitions - terms beginning with "R"" Real Estate ABC - Information on Buying and Selling A Home. Web. 10 Aug. 2009. .

    The terms real estate and real property are used primarily in common law, while civil law jurisdictions refer instead to immovable property.

    Etymology
    In law, the word real means relating to a thing (res/rei, thing, from O.Fr. reel, from L.L. realis "actual," from Latin. res, "matter, thing""etym"> Retrieved July 12, 2008), as distinguished from a person. Thus the law broadly distinguishes between "real" property (land and anything affixed to it) and "personal" property (everything else, e.g., clothing, furniture, money). The conceptual difference was between immovable property read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real+estate

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