The real estate sales, appraisal, and valuation worlds can seem like a sea of alphabet soup, acronyms that nobody really understands floating through the air, gone before you can fully grasp their meaning.

House Canary gathered some of the most common real estate acronyms, then spelled them out and explained what they are. (And if you already recognize everything on this list, then you can consider yourself a full-fledged real estate expert.)

AMC — Appraisal Management Company

An AMC is an enterprise that contracts with appraisers to appraise properties on behalf of mortgage lenders. The Interagency Guidelines (IAG), Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), and Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) require a “barrier”…

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As in several other older neighborhoods in Denver, the landscape is now dominated by hundreds of “slot” homes, which feature sideways-facing townhomes stacked horizontally to the alley.

Heather Noyes, a resident in the neighborhood, says she felt “blind-sided” by the kind of development that unfolded after Denver city leaders adopted a new zoning code in 2010 — a land-use plan that notably adopted Berkeley neighborhood leaders’ support for more intense development along Tennyson, especially between West 44th and 46th avenues.

“We wanted mixed-use. We wanted more people, more families over here,” says Noyes, who works out of a landscape architecture office on Tennyson and lives a short walk away. “But to have development consistently turn its…

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Beautiful 2 bedroom condo now available in the popular Provence Complex. You'll love this light and bright second story unit featuring an open floor plan with new stainless steel kitchen appliances.

Sleep peacefully in your large master bedroom after enjoying a glass of wine on your expansive balcony on a warm Colorado evening. Display your wardrobe for every season in the well designed master suite walk-in closet. You'll never run out of space for your car and toys in your two car tandem garage. Spend your Summer nights + weekends taking advantage of the Grant Ranch amenities including parks, a community pool, lake access, clubhouse, and walking trails. Outdoor activities, shopping and the farmer's market are all just minutes away! This condo is…

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According to a new report by Trulia, millennials are facing different challenges than past generations. 

An astounding 98 percent of home-buying millennials surveyed for the report are being kept out of the market, with barriers including credit (cited by 26 percent of millennials), a down payment (31 percent) and prices (40 percent).

Given the hurdles, millennials are compromising on their wants: 84 percent, for example, would give up a feature in their home so that they could buy in their desired location, the report reveals. (The No. 1 do-without feature? A garage, followed by a kitchen that has been updated.) By comparison, just 25 percent of boomer buyers and 35 percent of Generation X buyers would do the same. Strikingly, 24 percent of…

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Welcome to this beautiful end unit townhome.  With soaring ceilings, expansive windows, hardwood floors, gas stove, beautiful kitchen finishes, built in speakers, front patio and private yard this townhome is welcoming and entertainment friendly.

Heading up the floating staircase takes you to a private master suite with lots of closet space and a spa like master bathroom including double sinks, a rain shower head, and seamless glass shower enclosure.  A second bedroom and bathroom upstairs, laundry, and office/den/flex space make this layout ideal for roommates and guests alike. The basement has high ceilings and the same quality finishes as the other floors.  Here there is a 3rd conforming bedroom, bathroom, and living room. The well designed…

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Here is your perfect 3 bed/ 1.5 bath home on a quiet street that backs to open space with a small pond and trails.

The front door welcomes you into a bright living room. The brand new kitchen with stainless steel appliances, dark cabinets, and granite counters opens to all the living spaces for great entertaining. Enjoy meals in the dining area with views of the pond through the sliding glass doors beyond the back deck. Drop down a few steps into a spacious family room with a fireplace and plenty of space for a home office. Off the family room there is a washer, dryer, half bath and access to the two care garage. Upstairs you will find three bedrooms and a full bathroom. The huge master has its own entrance into the bathroom and two large closets.…

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With home prices rising again this year, some are concerned that we may be repeating the 2006 housing bubble that caused families so much pain when it collapsed.

Today’s market is quite different than the bubble market of twelve years ago, and Keeping Current Matters provides four reasons why...

1. HOME PRICES

Hpme prices have reached 2006 levels in many markets across the country. However, after more than a decade, home prices should be much higher based on inflation alone.

Frank Nothaft is the Chief Economist for CoreLogic (which compiles some of the best data on past, current, and future home prices). Nothaft recently explained:

“Even though CoreLogic’s national home price index got to the same level it was at the prior peak…

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Whether you like to start or end your day on the golf course, you've found the perfect Castle Rock home!

Prepare a french-pressed coffee in your open-concept gourmet kitchen, and enjoy it while the sun rises on your upper-level deck. Head back to the expansive Master Suite and take your time preparing for your day in your designer-inspired bath, complete with stunning views from the extra-large soaking tub. Entertain a large crowd in the walkout basement, or host overnight guests in style - they are going to LOVE the bathroom finishes! Put together a foursome for 18-holes, explore the nearby outlet malls, or plan the perfect date night to enjoy one of the many community events or foodie destinations in Downtown Castle Rock. THIS is Colorado…

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Investment opportunity in an incredible Jefferson Park location.

Less than a block from some of the best restaurants, pubs and coffee shops in the neighborhood. House needs renovation, but has possibilities as a flip or rental property. Recent sewer line replacement and electrical upgrades.

2842 W 25th Avenue, Denver CO

Listed by Dave Christie for West + Main Homes. Please contact Dave for current pricing + availability.

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WEST + MAIN HOMES IS HONORED TO BE NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE 2018 INMAN INNOVATOR AWARDS!

"They are the visionaries, the forward-thinking, the stubborn, the tinkerers, the obsessed, the tech-savvy and the creative minds always testing boundaries. They are entrepreneurs pushing the old ways aside, data scientists discovering new ways to examine behavior, marketers inventing new ways to showcase properties, agents developing new ways to reach clients, companies building new technologies and brokerages creating new ways of doing business. They are the Inman Innovator Finalists, and they’re leading us into the future of real estate." - Inman

The entire team at West + Main Homes is honored and humbled to be included amongst this list of finalists.…

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