home sale

Realtor's completed deal

A home sale is the transaction in which a residential property changes ownership.

The term covers everything from listing to closing: They're preparing for a home sale next spring.

In real estate and tax contexts, home sale often appears in compound phrases: home sale proceeds, home sale exclusion, home sale contingency.

Opposites
transaction type

home salerental agreement

Contract for temporary occupancy

lease · renting · tenancy · sublease · short-term rental

transaction direction

home salebuying a house

Acquiring residential property

property acquisition

property type

home salebusiness sale

Transfer of company ownership

land sale

Family

home, sale, homes, homed, homing, homeless, homely, homeward, homestead

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