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What is a MEIK??? and other Real Estate abbreviations found in listings....

By Jeana Cowie

Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Real Estate Limited

March 04, 2011 07:16 AM

What is a MEIK??? and other Real Estate abbreviations found in listings....

Looking for a home but can't figure out what some of the abbreviations mean in the listings you find? These are some of the most common real estate abbreviations and their meanings:

DR = Dining Room
EE Openers = Electric Eye Openers
EF = Entrance Foyer

FLR = Formal Living Room

FDR = Formal Dining Room

FPL = Fireplace

FR = Family Room

MEIK = Modern Eat in Kitchen

OE = Outside Entrance
PR = Powder Room
SOT = Shower over tub bathroom
SS = Shower Stall bathroom

Do you see an abbreviation that you are not sure about?, email or call me and I'm happy to let you know what it means.

Looking to buy or sell a home in Bergen County, NJ? Call your Bergen County REALTOR© Jeana Cowie at cell 201-982-2200, email: jmcowie@optonline.net

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Joyce Godwin, Realtor, CRS

RE/MAX Elite Properties; Serving Cypress, Spring, Tomball, NW Houston - Houston, TX

RE/MAX Elite Properties

Jeana, Wow - abbreviations there are very different from ours here. I would have never figured out MEIK! Dining room and fireplace are about the only ones I would have been able to figure out.

Mar 04, 2011 02:41 PM

Jeana Cowie

RE/MAX Real Estate Limited - Paramus, NJ

Broker Associate, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES

Joyce, What are some of your abbreviations?

Mar 05, 2011 12:01 AM

Jeana, You will see things like GDO, CDS, HOA, ISD, BTSA (we all know this one, right?), A/C, sf, SD, LR, DR, BR, GR, SS Appliances. Most of these are so basic (with maybe the exception of the first three) that I don't know if they should even be mentioned. We really don't use too many abbreviations.

(Garage door opener, cul-de-sac, homeowner's association, independent school district, bonus to selling agent, air conditioning, sq. ft., subdivision, living room, dining room, bedroom, gameroom, stainless steel appliances.)

Mar 05, 2011 02:41 AM

Tim Peterson

Wisconsin Realtor Safety and Concealed Carry Classes - Madison, WI

Realtor Safety Training Classes

Hi Jeane-yes those are pretty bizzare-and the public has no idea just like all the professional designations

Mar 05, 2011 11:58 AM

Nicholette Hackney

TRG Reality - Chandler, AZ

Real Estate Agent

I love seeing what other agents do in their neck of the woods... In Phoenix we don't use alot of abbreviations... if we do, we use the obvious ones like FR (formal Dinning), FP (fire Place), SS (Stainless Steal).... etc

I would have never figured out MEIK....

Thanks for the information :)

Mar 07, 2011 06:13 AM

Gene Riemenschneider

Home Point Real Estate - Brentwood, CA

Turning Houses into Homes

I would not have figured mors of them out. I guess it helps to keep it short if posting on Twitter.

Mar 25, 2011 04:27 AM

What is a MEIK??? and other Real Estate abbreviations found in listings....

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