Guilty of squeezing as many abbreviations as you can into your property listings? Having trouble keeping to the tight word/character counts imposed by popular Multiple Listing Services (MLS)?

Read on for some valuable tips and to access a free list of over 180 realty acronyms and abbreviations to add to your arsenal. 

HANDY GUIDE TO DECIPHERING REAL ESTATE ABBREVIATIONS

When crafting real estate copy, there is an endless list of abbreviations and acronyms to choose from to maximise property information when you have limited advertising space. As a real estate professional, you will be familiar with most of them, but they are not always easy to decipher by those outside the industry, and they can bamboozle many potential home buyers.

For example, “3B/2B HSE, A/C, HWF T’OUT, BALC, LR with CFAN & FP. MBA, DLUG, OSP & PL/A”* provides a lot of information about your listing, but it is likely to result in your potential clients resorting to Google for a translation (*see translation at bottom).

Used sparingly and appropriately, however, widely known abbreviations can be an effective way to get important information communicated to a buyer.

You can use this glossary of commonly used real estate abbreviations and acronyms as a convenient reference, or why not make it available to your clients as a handy cheat sheet by downloading the PDF provided here.

Lastly, if you find this post helpful, or if you’d like to share some alternative/additional real estate acronyms and abbreviations, please comment at the bottom of this page.

180 Real Estate Abbreviations & Acronyms:

*Three bedroom, two bathroom air conditioned house with hardwood flooring throughout, balcony, lounge room with ceiling fan and fireplace, master bedroom with bath, a double lock-up garage, off street parking and an above ground pool.