Course 1: Real Estate Essentials
Key terms for Exam 1
191 terms from Course 1, Real Estate Essentials. Each entry gives you a short description, the module and lesson it belongs to, and a quick quiz to check that you can pick the term from its description.
Consumer deposit protection
Free accountCoverage that repays money held in trust when it is lost to a registrant's dishonesty or insolvency.
Module 1 · Lesson 2
Conveying offers
Free accountDuty to pass each written bid and related written document to the seller promptly, unless lawfully directed otherwise.
Module 5 · Lesson 3
Countering an offer
Free accountSeller's reply that proposes changed terms back to the buyer instead of accepting.
Module 1 · Lesson 4
Curtain principle
Free accountCurrent certificate holds all title information, so a buyer need not investigate past dealings.
Module 4 · Lesson 2
Date of possession
Free accountEvent from which the one-, two- and seven-year coverage periods run for a house or condo unit.
Module 7 · Lesson 6
Declarant
Free accountOwner of the land, freehold or leasehold, who brings it under the condominium statute by registration.
Module 6 · Lesson 12
Declaration
Free accountRegistered condominium constitution that includes the owners' proportionate shares and consent of mortgagees.
Module 6 · Lesson 12
Deed
Free accountRegistry-system document that records ownership passing from one person to another.
Module 2 · Lesson 1
Designated representation
Free accountBrokerage names specific registrants to act for the client; all others must stay objective and impartial.
Module 2 · Lesson 1
Designation
Free accountJoint registration by both spouses naming one residence as their matrimonial home, freeing the others from protection.
Module 6 · Lesson 6
Desk fee
Free accountFixed monthly amount a salesperson pays the brokerage whether or not any earnings arrive.
Module 1 · Lesson 5
Docket
Free accountBundle of registration documents prepared by one lawyer and forwarded by secure message to another user.
Module 4 · Lesson 2
Document General
Free accountBlank-style standard form used, for example, to register notices of liens on a property.
Module 4 · Lesson 2
Dominant tenement
Free accountLand or interest that gains the benefit of an easement exercised over another parcel.
Module 3 · Lesson 2
Easement
Free accountRight of one landowner over another's land for a special purpose, binding later owners, without ownership.
Module 3 · Lesson 2
Electrical Safety Authority
Free accountProvincially mandated body that oversees wiring and power installations and keeps their code up to date.
Module 7 · Lesson 8
Electronic Commerce Act, 2000
Free accountOntario statute letting paper-based legal requirements, including signatures, be satisfied electronically.
Module 6 · Lesson 4
Encroachment
Free accountViolation of a neighbour's property rights by building a shed, fence or garage partly on their land.
Module 3 · Lesson 2
EnerGuide
Free accountOfficial Government of Canada mark for rating and labelling houses, vehicles and some products by energy efficiency.
Module 7 · Lesson 5
Enrolment number
Free accountIdentifier a buyer's salesperson requests; a condo has one per unit plus one for shared areas.
Module 7 · Lesson 6
Environmental Impact Study
Free accountReport possibly required before development, showing whether construction would harm vegetation, animals or species at risk.
Module 7 · Lesson 3
Environmental Protection Act
Free accountMain Ontario environmental statute affecting owners and users of real property, aimed at preventing pollution and protecting health.
Module 7 · Lesson 3
Express consent
Free accountPermission given by opting in through a sign-up form, phone call, purchase or contest entry.
Module 7 · Lesson 1
Expropriation
Free accountGovernment taking of private land for public use, with fair payment to the owner.
Module 3 · Lesson 2
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