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housing for sale — a residential property (typically in a development or condominium) that is sold individually to buyers, as opposed to being rented out
A home or condominium unit that is sold outright to an individual owner, typically as part of a housing development or apartment complex. Contrasts with 賃貸住宅 ('rental housing'). The term is widely used in Japanese real-estate advertising.
Compound of 分譲 ('dividing and selling [land or a building] in separate lots or units') and 住宅 ('residence, housing').
Usage
- Refers to housing sold as individual ownership units — a detached house or a condominium unit — as opposed to rentals.
- Typically contrasted with 賃貸住宅 ('rental housing') in property listings and news articles about the housing market.
- May refer to either detached houses (一戸建て) or condominium units (マンション), though 分譲マンション is a more specific term for the latter.
Common collocations
- 分譲住宅を購入する: to purchase a for-sale home
- 分譲住宅を建てる: to build a for-sale home (developer's perspective)
- 新築分譲住宅: a newly built for-sale home
- 分譲住宅の販売: the sale of for-sale housing
Similar words
- 賃貸住宅: rental housing — the direct antonym.
- 分譲マンション: for-sale condominium — specifically a condo unit sold to an owner, as opposed to 賃貸マンション (rental apartment).
- 建売住宅: a pre-built spec home sold as a completed unit — overlaps with detached 分譲住宅.
- 注文住宅: custom-built home — a home built to the buyer's specifications, contrasting with 建売.
Related Words
Antonym:
賃貸住宅 (rental housing)