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131 Real Estate Terms & Definitions Your Clients Expect You to Know in 2023

The Close

This can lead to a short sale, foreclosure auction, and/or the lender taking possession of the property. A PUD is a grouping of residential buildings. Properties that have been possessed by a lender after the borrower has defaulted on a loan and a short sale or auction was unsuccessful are called real estate (or bank) owned.