Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BUILDER’S RISK INSURANCE - Insurance covering perils resulting in loss caused by the builder's operatio...
  
  
• BUILDERS' ALL RISK - A standard construction insurance package.
  
  
• BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION - A financial institution designed to help members finance real-estate tr...
  
  
• BUILDING CODE - Laws, usually but not always enacted by local government units, that set safety and fir...
  
  
• BUILDING CODES - city, county or state regulations that set forth standards and requirements for the co...
  
  
• BUILDING EFFICIENCY - the ratio of net rentable area to gross building area expressed as a percentage.
  
  
• BUILDING INSPECTION - An overall inspection of a home or building performed by a qualified contractor o...
  
  
• BUILDING INSPECTOR - A local government employee who enforces the building code and makes sure construc...
  
  
• BUILDING LINE - A line established by the local council. No building is permitted within the area betwe...
  
  
• BUILDING LINE OR SETBACK - Distances from the ends and/or sides of the lot beyond which construction ma...