The Shorter Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms: Based on English and North American Practice including Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Scots Law, Civil Law and Latin Terms

Gazump, Jumbo Mortgage, Lollipop Condominium, Peppercorn Rent and Red Herring are just a few of the terms to appear in The Shorter Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms. This volume is based on the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms (Abbott, 2000) but excludes the French terminology that it included and also many of the detailed reference sources. However it is still a sizeable volume – so much so, that this shorter version is still larger than the first edition published in 1987!

This volume aims to provide clear and precise explanations of terms, to...