Real estate terminology

area of land described by a single entry in a land register

law term

act of preparing a private residence for sale in the real estate marketplace

divided piece of land

amount of area taken up by a building or part of it

' ( ; ), also known as chŏnse, key money deposit or key money', is a type of lease or deposit common in the South Korean real estate market. Instead of paying monthly rent, a renter will make a lump-sum deposit on a rental space, at anywhere from 50% to 80% of the market value, which is then returned at the end of the lease term. The owners make profit from reinvesting the deposit, instead of receiving the monthly rent. It is also possible to combine a lower deposit with a small monthly rent; this is known as ().

thumb|Renaissance architecture|Renaissance frontages of houses on the square in [[Telč, Czech Republic]] Frontage is the boundary between a plot of land or a building and the road onto which the plot or building fronts. Frontage may also refer to the full length of this boundary. This length is considered especially important for certain types of commercial and retail real estate, in applying zoning bylaws and property tax. In the case of contiguous buildings individual frontages are usually measured to the middle of any party wall.

In finance, flipping is purchasing an asset to quickly resell (or "flip") it for profit. Within the real estate industry, the term is used by investors to describe the process of buying, rehabbing, and selling properties for profit. In 2017, 207,088 houses or condos were flipped in the US, an 11-year high. That number represents 5.9 percent of all single-family properties sold during that year.

thumb|Map of the Gemarkung of the German municipality Hasel in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1904, showing a proposed land swap between the local Domänenjagdbezirk (roughly: state hunting district) and the Gemeindejagdbezirk (municipal hunting district) A Gemarkung (; also Markung, in Switzerland also Gemarchen) is the entirety of all land plots of a specific municipality, or a specific large part of a municipality, recorded in the cadastre in the countries of Germany and Switzerland (For an equivalent concept in Austria and adjacent countries see Katastralgemeinde).

apartment with higher-than-average price and quality

gift of real estate – land or its use privileges – made by a government or other authority

areas in a residential building or zone (such as an apartment building) shared by all residents

price of property between willing and knowledgeable participants who are not under stress