Descriptive Terms in Real Estate Ads ? What Do The

If you are buying or selling a home, the chances are good you struggle with the meaning of descriptive real estate terms. Here?s the first in a series of articles explaining them.

The Wise Seller

Be very truthful if you are a seller advertising your home. Mention your home?s best features, but do not exaggerate. If someone comes to look at your home and feels disappointed, they are not apt to buy. You are probably wasting your time and advertising money if your ads mislead.

The Wise Buyer

Take advertisements with a grain of salt and don?t get too excited until you?ve seen the property. Many sellers do not take the advice given above.

Now let?s examine some of the terms themselves and what they commonly mean.

?Open Floor Plan?

Describes a home in which rooms open out of each other and it?s possible to see from one room to another. Often entertaining rooms (living room, dining room, sun room, entrance foyer) are open to each other, and family living areas (kitchen, breakfast room, family room) are open to each other, while bedrooms have doors and open off a hall in a more traditional way.

?Traditional Floor Plan?

Used to describe a home with rooms opening off a hall or halls. Each room can usually be closed off with a door.

?Split Bedroom Plan?

A term often used to describe a home (usually one level) with the master bedroom on one side of the living areas and the rest of the bedrooms on the opposite side.

?Dormer Window?

A window in an upstairs room that has a slanting ceiling which follows the slope of the roof. The window is in an upright position, but that causes it to stick up above the roof, so it gets its own little roof (usually a gable roof) that is tied into the main roof where they meet at right angles.

If you can get the verbiage down, you?ll be way ahead in the real estate game. Look for future articles on this subject or visit our site to read more terms.

Posted by Raymond Villiers on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Local Information for East Orange, NJ

Latitude: 40.76605 -- Longitude: -74.211699

ZIP Codes for East Orange, New Jersey	07017 07018 07019
Area Code for East Orange, New Jersey	973
Time zone for East Orange, New Jersey	EST

Other Area Cities: East Orange, NJ Maplewood, NJ Rutherford, NJ Union City, NJ Upper Montclair, NJ West Orange, NJ West Paterson, NJ Jersey City, NJ Newark, NJ Orange, NJ

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As of the census of 2000, there were 69,824 people, 26,024 households, and 16,082 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,859.8/km² (17,776.6/mi²). There were 28,485 housing units at an average density of 2,798.5/km² (7,252.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.46% African American, 3.84% White, 0.25% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 2.14% from other races, and 3.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.70% of the population. which continues to increase as families migrate from New York, Florida and other regions. There were 26,024 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.0% were married couples living together, 28.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

New Jersey 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	East Orange	New Jersey	United States
Population	69,824	8,414,350	281,421,906
Median age	33	36.7	35.3
Median age for Male	30.5	35.5	34
Median age for Female	34.8	38	36.5
Households	26,024	3,064,645	105,480,101
Household population	68,520	8,219,529	273,643,273
Average household size	2.63	2.68	2.59
Families	16,079	2,154,539	71,787,347
Average family size	3.37	3.21	3.14
Housing units	28,485	3,310,275	115,904,641
Occupied units	26,024	3,064,645	105,480,101
Vacant units	2,461	245,630	10,424,540

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Descriptive Terms in Real Estate Ads ? What Do The

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