by owner

prepositional phrase

Without a real-estate agent or broker representing the seller.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. especiallyWithout a real-estate agent or broker representing the seller.

    2003 January 26, <Pudpuller@pudz.com>, "Re: HOME FOR SALE - $339k - Smyrna/King Valley", alt.atlanta and atl.general, Usenet, Price your home under market (by a reasonable amount) and you might be able to sell it by owner after some time.

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    CAR FOR SALE BY OWNER

    1997 February 17, Dora M. Iakova <dmi0039@is.nyu.edu>, "CAR for SALE", ny.forsale, Usenet

    I realize that some of you reading this may wonder why problem property owners do not correct the problems themselves and then sell the property by owner or list the property for sale through a real estate broker.

    2005, Thomas Lucier, How to Make Money With Real Estate Options, Wiley, →ISBN, page 53
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APA

by owner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20owner

MLA

“by owner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20owner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “by owner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20owner.

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