How to Use real estate in a Sentence

real estate

noun
  • She works in real estate.
  • That proximity has driven up the price of its real estate.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Its cost to finance car purchases is up by three-quarters this year, and some of its real estate has lost value.
    Margot Patrick, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Twitter leases office space across the world, but the layoffs have reduced the need for much of that real estate.
    Ryan Mac, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • That likely means Zinke scores a more choice piece of congressional real estate for an office.
    Chad Pergram | Fox News, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Plus, the dreamy piece of real estate has a rooftop terrace with stunning views of downtown Manhattan.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And enabling them to use special bonds to buy unsold apartments and turn them into social housing may help stabilize a downturn in real estate prices, giving homeowners a greater sense of security.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Depending on the region and real estate market, older homes that will require elbow grease and ongoing maintenance may be more affordable than newer counterparts.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Dec. 2022
  • That's roughly the drop in home price that someone paying the average U.S. rent could afford in recent years, according to an analysis by the real estate services firm.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024
  • How about sending her the name of your real estate agent?
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Most real estate experts think rates will stay in the 6% range.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • At the end of the day, that’s just about having the time and the real estate in your story to really dig deep.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Home was part of a bitter divorce The home was briefly on the market in 2021, real estate records showed.
    Tom Costello, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The Chargers have struggled to stop the run all season and are likely to give up more real estate on the ground in this game.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Proud of: Franklin, Hawkins and I worked on [banning] real estate appraisal bias.
    Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Mooney, who also worked as a real estate agent, was found dead in her apartment on Sept. 12.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Afterward, in the parking lot outside, the couple tried not to think too hard about the text from the real estate agent.
    Thomas Simonetti, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • His work caught the eye of a local real estate magnate, John Portman, who hired him.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • For years, New York has had a problem with empty real estate.
    Terence McGinley, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • As a large chunk of its business remains steeped in China, pains in the country’s real estate markets have hurt the bank.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • And one such creation has landed on the real estate market.
    Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
  • That’s the case for J&J Companies, a real estate firm that owns and manages more than 100 apartments in and around Boston.
    Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Things may have quieted down in the commercial real estate world, but offices are not in the clear.
    Byalena Botros, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The real estate purchase & sale agreement obligates the city to adopt a TIF district by the end of September.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The reason behind the kidnapping: the men suffered losses on a real estate project.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ditto for Realtors who want to help out people in search of real estate.
    Curbed, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But even rock stars have been dinged by real estate sticker shock in South Florida.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
  • While Sydney hasn’t been thrilled with her acting salary, she’s still managed to drum up enough cash to afford some nice real estate.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Jan Ryan, a real estate agent in Ramona, said most home sales these days are only if someone wants to move out of state or the homeowner died.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Homes in the neighborhood, on the inland side of the 5 Freeway and near a golf course, are valued at upwards of $2 million on real estate websites.
    Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 7 Apr. 2024

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