Real Estate Vocabulary
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| Acte authentique | Deed of sale |
| Assurance de prêt | Mortgage insurance |
| Bail | Lease |
| Box / boîte | An enclosed parking space, often with pull down garage-style door |
| Caution / dépot de garantie | Security deposit for rental |
| Cave | Cellar, technically for wine storage |
| Compromis de vente | A pre-agreement to buy a house |
| Charges comprises (cc) | Shared building expenses included in the price (+ charges indicates these fees are not included in your rent) |
| Charges locative | Service/maintenance fees for collective amenities |
| Courtier | Broker |
| Cuisine équipée / aménagée | A cuisine équipée has appliances; a cuisine aménagée has counters and cabinets installed. If a listing does not specify either of these, you should assume it is completely empty |
| Dossier | The folder of documents you’ll need to submit with your rental application |
| État des lieux | Property walkthrough to verify its condition and list any damages (and furniture if renting furnished) |
| Euribor | The basic interest rate on which French mortgages are based |
| A house (F) and its specified number (e.g. 1, 2, etc.) of rooms excluding kitchen and bathroom(s). An F2 is a one-bedroom house. | |
| F1, F2, F3, F4, etc. | |
| Frais d’études or frais de dossier | Fees to put together a dossier |
| Gardien(ne) | A building’s caretaker; sometimes called a concierge |
| Meublé | Furnished |
| Prêt immobilier | Mortgage |
| Rez de chausée (rdc) | Ground floor |
| T1, T2, T3, T4, etc. | An apartment (T) and its specified number (e.g. 1, 2, etc.) of rooms excluding kitchen and bathroom(s). A T1 is a studio apartment, a T2 is a one-bedroom apartment |
| Taux fixe, taux variable, taux capé | Fixed rate, variable rate, capped rate |