ghost home
ghost home noun: a residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.
Noun
ghost home (plural ghost homes)
- A residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.
- The house is an example of what is popularly referred to as a "ghost home," a property owned by a nonresident (sometimes noncitizen) who has no plans on ever moving in.2015 April 24, Joshua Alvarez, “Real Estate: Are ‘ghost homes’ becoming a problem?”, in Palo Alto Online, US, retrieved 27 Apr 2018
- So then we get to the deliberate ghost home investors. How do we tell that the empty flat has been purposely left unoccupied?2017 May 13, Jimmy Thomson, "Ghost investment properties could be harder to exorcise than it seems," domain.com (Australia) (retrieved 27 April 2018)
Forms of ghost home
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Questions about ghost home
- What does ghost home mean?
- Ghost home means a residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.
- What part of speech is ghost home?
- Ghost home is a noun.
- What is the plural of ghost home?
- The plural of ghost home is ghost homes.
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