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| Wainscoting Wood paneling, tongue-and-groove boards or similar material installed between a baseboard and a chair rail. |
| Waiver A voluntary relinquishing of certain rights or claims. |
| Walk-out basement A feature that allows a door to open onto ground level. |
| Walk-through A buyer's final inspection of the home to determine if conditions in the purchase agreement have been satisfied. |
| Warranty A legally binding promise to do something in the future. |
| Wetlands Watery areas such as swamps, marshes and floodplains. |
| Wild deed An improperly recorded deed. |
| Will The most basic legal document outlining the disposition of a person's estate in the event of death. |
| Window light An individual pane of glass. |
| Window seat A bench built under an interior window. |
| Window well A curved, corrugated steel insert used to isolate basement windows from moisture if they're below the soil line. |
| Window well covers Curved plastic covers designed to be installed on top of a window well to cover the opening. |
| Wraparound mortgage A loan to a buyer for the remaining balance on a seller's first mortgage and an additional amount requested by the seller. Payments on both loans are made to the lender who holds the wraparound loan. |