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R-value
R-value A term used to describe the effectiveness of various kinds of insulation to indicate their resistance to heat flow.
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The length of time in which a loan is to be paid off.
Insulation
Materials including cellulose, glass fiber, rock wool, polystyrene, urethane foam and vermiculite that slow heat loss.
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Rule of thumb
A common or ubiquitous benchmark.
Rules and regulations
Real estate licensing authority orders that govern licensees' activities; they usually have the same force and effect as statutory law.
Rumford Act
California's fair housing law.
Run with the land
A phrase describing rights or covenants that bind or benefit successive owners of a property.
Rural Housing Service
A U.S. Department of Agriculture program that provides financing to farmers and certain borrowers to purchase rural property when other funds are not available.
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Ratified
Ratifiedmeans approved and given formal sanction to; confirmed.
Reinsurance
Reinsuranceis the contract to transfer all or a portion of the insurer's (ceding insurance company's) risk, assumed on behalf of its insureds, to another insurer/reinsurer.
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