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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Instructor Guide Participant Workbook Dialogue Lab Jargon Guide

Web Practice Lab

Practice the decisions, not only the vocabulary

Use the activities below to rehearse how a professional in this field clarifies risk, pushes back, and turns pressure into a concrete next step.

Module Focus

Scenario Coach

Respond under pressure

Your professional response

Jargon Flashcard

Pushback Builder

Build a four-step response

Evidence or fact Risk or consequence Decision or next step

Dialogue Coach

Model line

Language notes

Progress

Practice checklist

I used at least two field terms accurately. I named the evidence or policy boundary. I gave a concrete next step. I avoided overpromising.

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Module map

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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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