Module Focus
English for Special Purposes
Real Estate English
Real estate English for agency, fair housing, buyer and seller consultations, pricing, offers, disclosures, financing, and closing.
- 8 modules
- 48 field terms
- Interactive practice
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Rehearse the language, response, and decision
Work through a three-step sequence: identify the field language, choose the strongest response, then select the next controlled decision move.
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Agency, Representation, Compensation, and Trust
Real estate professionals need language for who they represent, what duties they owe, how compensation works, and what the client is agreeing to before advice becomes transaction-critical.
Client, Customer, Agency disclosure, Fiduciary duty
Client Intake, Needs Analysis, and Property Search
Good real estate conversations move from emotion to criteria: budget, timeline, location needs, property type, financing readiness, risk tolerance, and decision process.
Listing agreement, Buyer representation agreement, Dual agency, Designated agency
Listings, Property Descriptions, Pricing, and Market Data
Listing and pricing language must be attractive, accurate, objective, and defensible. Learners need to discuss comps, condition, market movement, and seller expectations without overpromising.
CMA, Comp, List price, Sale price
Showings, Open Houses, Fair Housing, and Advertising
Showings and advertising create high-risk language moments. Real estate professionals must be warm, informative, and useful without steering, discriminating, or making claims they cannot support.
DOM, Concession, Appraisal, Absorption rate
Offers, Counteroffers, Negotiation, and Contingencies
Offer strategy requires precise language around price, financing, earnest money, contingencies, timelines, concessions, appraisal risk, inspection risk, and seller priorities.
Pre-approval, Proof of funds, Earnest money, Contingency
Inspections, Repairs, Disclosures, and Due Diligence
After contract, language becomes tense. Learners need to discuss defects, repair requests, seller disclosures, inspection scope, specialist referrals, and deal uncertainty without blame or panic.
Inspection period, Appraisal gap, Escalation clause, Backup offer
Financing, Appraisal, Title, Escrow, and Closing
Closings depend on many parties and documents. Learners need language for mortgage status, underwriting conditions, Loan Estimate, Closing Disclosure, title issues, escrow, prorations, walk-through, and closing delays.
Loan Estimate, Closing Disclosure, Underwriting, Clear to close
Leasing, Property Management, Commercial Basics, Ethics, and Crisis Scenarios
Real estate English is broader than residential sales. Learners need enough language for leases, screening, property management, commercial terms, referral boundaries, complaints, and reputational risk.
Title search, Lien, Escrow, Proration
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