Real Estate Glossary: Terms starting with letter 'G'

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• Government mortgage:  A mortgage that is insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Rural Housing Service (RHS). Contrast with conventional mortgage.

• Government National Mortgage Association:  A government-owned corporation within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Created by Congress on September 1, 1968, GNMA assumed responsibility for the special assistance loan program formerly administered by Fannie Mae. Popularly known as Ginnie Mae.

• Grantee:  The person to whom an interest in real property is conveyed.

• Grantor:  The person conveying an interest in real property.

• Ground rent:  The amount of money that is paid for the use of land when title to a property is held as a leasehold estate rather than as a fee simple estate.

• Group home:  A single-family residential structure designed or adapted for occupancy by unrelated developmentally disabled persons. The structure provides long-term housing and support services that are residential in nature.

• (g)(6) restrictions:  Restrictions imposed by the tax regulations that prohibit early distribution of the Exchange Proceeds in a Like-Kind Exchange. These restrictions are designed to avoid Constructive Receipt.

• Guarantee mortgage:  A mortgage that is guaranteed by a third party.

• Guaranteed loan:  Also known as a government mortgage.