Real Estate Glossary: F

Financing
Means used by a buyer to acquire an immovable. Financial resource, often in the form of a mortgage loan provided to the buyer by a financial institution for the purchase of an immovable (see Mortgage loan).

Fonds d’indemnisation du courtage immobilier
Body created under the Real Estate Brokerage Act, to which all real estate brokers and agents in Québec contribute to indemnify consumers who are victims of fraud, dishonest transaction or misappropriation of funds or other goods by a real estate broker or agent, which, under the Real Estate Brokerage Act, must be deposited in a trust account.