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Real Estate



Real estate is a legal term, which refers to immovable properties. The term real estate covers land accompanied with anything perpetually attached to the land, for example buildings. In many instances, real estate is regarded similar to real property (in some instances realty) in contrary to personal property (in some instances termed as personalty or chattel).

In common law, the terms real estate and real property are mainly used and on the other hand under civil law jurisdictions, the term immovable property is used.

With the growth of ownership of private properties, real estate is an important segment of business nowadays. For buying real estate, a substantial amount of investment is required and every piece of land has its own characteristics. As a result, the real estate business has developed into various discrete segments, such as residential real estate, commercial real estate, and industrial real estate etc. Most of the times, specialists are consulted for valuation of real estate and for ease of transactions.


Usually, the real estate business includes the following:


Appraisal: Professional valuation services Brokerages: Providing assistances to the seller and buyers in transactions Development: Improvement of land for usage through annexing or replacement of buildings Property Management: Management of a property for the owners Real Estate Marketing: Supervising the sales aspect of real estate business Relocation Services: Moving business or people to another country

A real estate broker is a person who functions as a mediator between real estate buyers and real estate sellers. Real estate brokers function through the real estate agents who function as their salespersons. For rendering their brokerage services, they receive commissions.






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