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Residential

Meaning in real estate, with examples

/ˌrezɪˈdenʃl/adjectiveCore term

In real estate, residential means: Used for, or made up of, homes where people live, as opposed to offices, shops or factories.

In Turkish: konut, konut amaçlı, yerleşim

How it is used

Used to divide the market: residential property, residential agents, residential lettings, a residential area. Planning maps mark land as residential or commercial, and the opposite of residential is commercial.

Example sentences

  1. Most of our agents work in residential sales.

  2. The land is zoned residential, so you can't open a shop here.

Common collocations

  • residential property
  • residential area
  • residential market
  • residential lettings
  • residential development
  • commercial real estateProperty used for business rather than as a home, such as offices, shops, warehouses, hotels and factories.
  • zoningLocal rules that divide land into areas and control what can be built there and what it can be used for, such as homes, shops or industry.
  • apartmentA set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor, that forms one unit inside a larger building with other similar units.
  • detached houseA house that stands on its own and shares no walls with neighbouring buildings, usually with its own garden or yard.

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