The Prentice Hall Dictionary of Real Estate, Pocket Edition, is a handy reference tool for any real estate office or professional. Authors Barbara Cox, Jerry Cox, and David Silver-Westrick provide the basics of any dictionary - the definitions of commonly used real estate terms - and also includes appendices which can help the novice learn about the anatomy of a house, the legal forms of ownership, and a state-by-state rundown of ownership as well as the "community property" states.
The real estate novice will find the amortization charts handy as well as the basic keystroke instructions for operating the Real Estate Master IIx, Qualifier Plus IIx, and the Texas Instruments BA Real Estate calculators commonly used in the business.
Web site references are also listed, current in 2000. With many practitioners and trainees relying on the Internet to supplement their class work and licensing exam preparation, this section is a welcome addition. Real estate news references include RealEstateABC.com, Inman, IRED, and Realty Times.
The 3,000 term dictionary is printed in a very readable font and provides illustrations to clarify some of definitions, such as 'encroachment,' whose drawing gives examples such as a garage encroaching on a neighbor's lot, a patio extending over a property line, and a shed encroaching into a vacant lot, over the property line.
The words defined in the book include real estate, finance, architecture, construction and appraisal terminology and support preparation for licensing examinations.
Pat Rioux
