Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CAPITALIZATION RATE
  
  also known as CAP RATE, is the rate of return a property will produce on the owner's investment. It is stated as a rate of interest or discount rate used to convert a series of future payments into a single 'present value'. In real estate, the rate includes annual capital recovery in addition to interest.
  
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