Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rent out: To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• work out
• for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• fall below: To decrease to less than a certain level or amount.
• equate to: To be the same as or equal to something else.
• further out: At a greater distance; more distant.
• out of town: Away from one's usual place of residence or work; absent from the local area.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• cut costs: To reduce expenses or spending.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• abide by: To follow a rule; adhere to
• liable for: Legally responsible for something.
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• In the event of: If something happens, especially something undesirable
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• financial: Involving money
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• census: Survey to collect data about people in an area
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• abide: To live somewhere (formal, old-fashioned)
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• own: To have something as your property
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• license: To give official permission to do something
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
• area: Amount of measured space
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• live: To be alive
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• price: Person's name
• uphill: From lower ground to higher ground
• depreciation: Decrease in price/value; loss of value over time
• entirety: State of being complete
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• homeowner: Someone who owns a home