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imóveis usados

English translation: pre-owned property

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Portuguese term or phrase:imóveis usados
English translation:pre-owned property
Entered by: gram-br

23:37 Feb 15, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / mercado imobiliário
Portuguese term or phrase: imóveis usados
O preço dos imóveis usados subiu um pouco menos que o preço dos imóveis novos.
Lattuca
Brazil
Local time: 15:59
pre-owned property
Explanation:
Occasionally written as 'Preowned'
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gram-br
Brazil
Local time: 15:59
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6pre-owned property
gram-br
4 +1second-hand homes
MedTrans&More
4secondary housing market
T o b i a s
4resale homes
TechLawDC


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
second-hand homes


Explanation:
:)


    Reference: http://oneoffireland.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/second-hand-ru...
    Reference: http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1019522.shtm...
MedTrans&More
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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agree  Douglas Bissell: sounds much more natural, well done
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
pre-owned property


Explanation:
Occasionally written as 'Preowned'

Example sentence(s):
  • Be it a new house or a pre-owned house one need to be careful and vigilant before finalizing a deal. Pre-owned houses have negotiable and wide range of price options to choose from.

    Reference: http://www.commonfloor.com/articles/buying-a-resale-or-pre-o...
    Reference: http://www.articlesbase.com/real-estate-articles/points-to-r...
gram-br
Brazil
Local time: 15:59
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agree  Claudio Mazotti
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agree  Beatriz Souza
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agree  Marlene Curtis
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agree  Nicole L. R.
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agree  connie leite
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agree  Airton J Souza
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
secondary housing market


Explanation:
O preço dos imóveis usados subiu um pouco menos que... : Prices in the secondary housing market rose a little less than...

"Sales in the secondary housing market in the U.S. fell in February by 0,6% to 5,02 million units, being at their lowest level in eight months."
http://www.favstocks.com/sales-in-the-secondary-housing-mark...

According to
Metrostudy, a real estate research company
and a leading provider of primary and
secondary housing market information, this
represents less than half the 1,765 starts
recorded for the same time period last year
http://www.orangecountyfl.net/Portals/0/Resources/Internet/D...




T o b i a s
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resale homes


Explanation:
(In the real estate industry in the USA there are two types of homes, new and resale.)
"second-hand" is idiomatic for clothing.
"pre-owned" is idiomatic for automobiles.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-16 01:32:50 GMT)
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If you place any weight on Google hits, here are the figures:
"resale homes" gives 8.2x the number of hits for "pre-owned homes", and 35.5x the number of hits for "second-hand homes".

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Note added at 6 days (2011-02-22 14:09:35 GMT) Post-grading
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"pre-owned property" is simply incorrect! It is not used in the industry, but is used mainly in regulatory and statutory language!

TechLawDC
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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