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Use this real estate glossary to research terms you might run across in a real estate transaction.
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Debt service coverageAmount of money left over after other expenses such as taxes, insurance, maintenance and utilities, including an assumption of a reasonable vacancy factor, which can be utilized to service mortgage debt. Lenders usuall y require that the resulting earnings be a certain percentage above the proposed mortgage payments. (Applicable to Apartments and Commercial Properties.)
 


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