person who is in the business of constructing and then selling buildings.

English translation: developer

22:30 Dec 9, 2007
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Real Estate / person who is in the business of constructing and then selling buildings.
English term or phrase: person who is in the business of constructing and then selling buildings.
how can ı express this term/ it is a job ' person who is in the business of constructing and then selling buildings.'
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Selected answer:developer
Explanation:
See definition in Dictionary of Real Estate Terms, Barron's Educational Series:

http://books.google.com/books?id=lNxRMcVn6UkC&pg=PA235&lpg=P...

Developer
One who transforms Raw Land to Improved property by use of labor, capital, and Entrepreneur efforts.

Example: Abel buys 25 acres of land for $10,000 per Acre. After putting in streets and utilities, dividing it into 100 lots, and building homes on each lot, Abel sells the homes. Abel is a developer.
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5 +12developer
Fuad Yahya
3 +3developer-builder
rkillings
4property developer (UK)
V_Nedkov
3 -1Contractor
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Contractor


Explanation:
Maybe, you can add a modifier to the noun

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disagree  Can Altinbay: A developer may contract to a contracter, but contractor does not fit the description
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developer


Explanation:
See definition in Dictionary of Real Estate Terms, Barron's Educational Series:

http://books.google.com/books?id=lNxRMcVn6UkC&pg=PA235&lpg=P...

Developer
One who transforms Raw Land to Improved property by use of labor, capital, and Entrepreneur efforts.

Example: Abel buys 25 acres of land for $10,000 per Acre. After putting in streets and utilities, dividing it into 100 lots, and building homes on each lot, Abel sells the homes. Abel is a developer.


Fuad Yahya
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agree  Nesrin
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agree  sktrans
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agree  Mohamed Ghazal
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agree  Saleh Ayyub
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agree  AhmedAMS
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agree  Mona Ragaei
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agree  Ammar Mahmood
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agree  orientalhorizon
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agree  cmwilliams (X)
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agree  Cristina Santos
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agree  Can Altinbay
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agree  Mohsin Alabdali
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
developer-builder


Explanation:
Developers typically contract to *have buildings built*. They are not assumed to be builders themselves unless they also operate as their own general contractor. Use a term like this if you must make absolutely clear that the same enterprise builds and sells the buildings.

rkillings
United States
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agree  orientalhorizon
5 hrs

agree  rchan
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agree  Joshua Wolfe: rkillings is right: IF there is a need to be specific, the correct term is developer-builder. Usually, the simpler term "developer" is used, although ambiguously,
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property developer (UK)


Explanation:
This is the term used in England. There are two major categories of property development activity: land development and building development (also known as project development). The property development companies have construction teams who are actually building (sometimes 3-4 storey apartment buildings) and then the company leases or sells the property.

V_Nedkov
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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