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Familiarise yourself with our glossary of Real Estate and Financial terms

A

D

G

Debt Covenant

Debt Yield

Adjusted Funds from Operations

Debt Service Coverage Ratio

Alpha

Deed

Amortized Loan

Default

Angel Investor

Default Rate

Arbitrage

Default Risk

Average Annual Return

Discounted Cash Flow

Game Theory

General Vacancy and Credit Loss

Gross Absorption

Gross Asset Value

Gross Income

Gross Margin

Gross Profit

Ground Lease

Average Daily Rate

Discount Rate

Average Rate of Return

Draw Schedule

B

E

Balloon Payment

Earn-Out

Bear Market

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes

Beta

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation

Bid-Ask Spread

Effective Gross Revenue

Bond

Elasticity

Bridge Loan

Enterprise Value

Break-Even

Equity Multiple

Break-Even Occupancy

Equity

Bull Market

European Style Waterfall

Business Plan

European Option

Business to Business (B2B)

Exchange-Traded Fund

Business to Consumer (B2C)

Exit Strategy

Business to Government (B2G)

C

Call Option

Capital 

Capital Expenditure

Cap Rate

Cash on Cash Return

Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)

Core

Core Plus

F

Financing Memorandum

Fixed Costs

Fixed Income Security

Fixed Price Contract

Fixed Rate Debt

Floating Rate Debt

Forward Sale

Funds from Operations

Futures

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