| ALTA | American Land Title Association | 
| APR | Annual Percentage Rate | 
| ARM | Adjustable Rate Mortgage | 
| ATIMA | As Their Interest May Appear | 
| BD | Buy Down | 
| CCR | Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions | 
| CE | Certificate of Eligibility | 
| CHFA | California Housing Finance Association | 
| CI | Current Index | 
| CK | Check | 
| CLTV | Combined Loan-to-Value | 
| CMT | Constant Maturity Treasury | 
| CO | Certificate of Occupancy | 
| DBA | Doing Business As | 
| DE | Direct Endorsement | 
| Disc | Discount | 
| DO | Desktop Originator | 
| Docs | Documents | 
| DOT | Deed of Trust | 
| DU | Desktop Underwriting | 
| DA | Dual Agency | 
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization | 
| ECOA | Equal Credit Opportunity Act | 
| Eofl | Evidence of Insurance | 
| FCRA | Fair Credit Reporting Act | 
| FHA | Federal Housing Administration | 
| FHLMC | Freddie Mac | 
| FICO | Credit Score | 
| FIR | Fully Indexed Rate | 
| FNMA | Fannie Mae | 
| GFE | Good Faith Estimate | 
| GNMA | Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) | 
| GPM | Graduated Payment Mortgage | 
| HELOC | Home Equity Line of Credit | 
| HOA | Home Owners Association | 
| HUD | Department of Housing and Urban Development | 
| IBS | Individual Benefit Statement | 
| IND | Individual | 
| INV | Investor | 
| JT | Joint | 
| JTRS | Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship | 
| Legal | Legal Description of a Property | 
| LOC | Line of Credit | 
| LTV | Loan-to-Value | 
| LP | Loan Prospector | 
| MBA | Mortgage Bankers Association | 
| MCC | (FHA) Master Conditional Commitment | 
| MCR | Merged Credit Report | 
| MCRV | Master Certificate of Reasonable Value | 
| MI | Mortgage Insurance | 
| MIP | Mortgage Insurance Premium (FHA) | 
| MLS | Multiple Listing Service | 
| NAR | National Association of Realtors | 
| NAV | No Asset Verification | 
| NET | Net Amount | 
| NINA | No Income No Asset | 
| NIV | No Income Verification | 
| OIS | Operating Income Statement | 
| O/O | Owner-Occupied | 
| ORIG | Origination | 
| P&L | Profit & Loss | 
| PMI | Private Mortgage Insurance | 
| POA | Power of Attorney | 
| PUD | Planned Unit Development | 
| Pur | Purchase | 
| R&E | Renewal & Extension | 
| Refi | Refinance | 
| RESPA | Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act | 
| Rider | Attachment to a Deed or Note | 
| RLIC | Residential Loan Inventory Control | 
| RLPC | Residential Loan Production Control | 
| Schedule A | Schedule on a Title Report | 
| SLMA | Student Loan Mortgage Association (Sallie Mae) | 
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure | 
| SRP | Service Release Premium | 
| Sub | Subordination Agreement | 
| Term | Loan Term | 
| VA | Veterans Administration | 
| VOD | Verification of Deposit | 
| VOE | Verification of Employment | 
| VOL | Verification of Loan | 
| VOM | Verification of Mortgage | 
| VOR | Verification of Rent | 
| TIL | Truth-in-Lending | 
| 30/15 | 30 Year Balloon Loan due in 15 Years | 
| 15/15 | 15 Year Balloon Loan due in 15 Years | 
| 3/1 | Fixed-Rate Loan for 3 Years then Adjusted Annually | 
| 7/1 | Fixed-Rate Loan for 7 Years then Adjusted Annually | 
| 10/1 | Fixed-Rate Loan for 10 Years then Adjusted Annually |