Real Estate Industry - Glossary of Acronyms

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MAGE Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert
MAGI Maryland Automated Geographic Information System
MAI Member Appraisal Institute
MALSCE Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
MANCY Manufacturers Association of New York City
M & E mechanical and electrical
MAO maximum allowable offer
MAPS Mississippi Association of Professional Surveyors; measurement of air pollution from satellite
MAR mean annual runoff
MARCS modified accelerated cost recovery system
MARLS Missouri Association of Registered Land Surveyors; Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors
MAST multi-asset sales transaction
MAW metropolitan area window
MBA Mortgage Bankers Association of America
MBB mortgage-backed bond
MBO mortgage-backed obligation
MBS mortgage backed securities
MDF medium-density fiberboard / fibreboard
MDOT Maryland Department of Transportation; Michigan Department of Transportation
MEA modern equivalent asset
MFC Maintenance Functional Code
MFGDP Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products
MFLA Master Farm and Land Appraiser
MGIC Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
MHTA Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement
MHTD Missouri Highway and Transportation Department
MHW mean high water
MIC mortgage insurance certificate
MIF multiple investor fund
MIP mortgage insurance premium; map information office
MIRR modified internal rate of return
MIS major investment study; management information system; map information system
MISMO Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization
MPTB mortgage-pass-through bond
MLMIC Minnesota Land Management Information Center
MLMIS Minnesota Land Management Information System
MLRA major land resource areas
MLS multiple listing service
MLTA Maine Land Title Association
MLW mean low water
MMI mutual mortgage insurance
MMS Metropolitan Map Series
Mn / DOT Minnesota Department of Transportation
MoD Ministry of Defence (UK)
MOLDS Institute for Modernization of Land Data Systems
MORIS Maintenance and Operations Resources Information System
MPC master planned community; Minnesota Population Center
MPLIS multipurpose land information system
MPO metropolitan planning organization
MOA memorandum of agreement
MRBC Missouri River Basin Commission
MRC map reference code (USGS); major retail center; Mississippi River Commission
MRA Master Residential Appraiser; minimum required expenditure
MRSH marsh
MSA Master Senior Appraiser; Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSB mutual savings bank
MSC Map Society of California
MSDO mapping support district office
MSE mechanically stabilized embankment
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSHCP Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan
MSL mean sea level
MSLS Maine Society of Land Surveyors
MSPS Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors; Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors
MSR minimal spatial representation
MSRLS Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors
MSRN Michigan Spatial Reference Network
MSS Maryland Society of Surveyors
MT mountain
Mtn. mountain
MUD municipal utility district
MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
MWD Metropolitan Water District (Southern California)