ghost home: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

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  • A dwelling that is unoccupied or appears abandoned.

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  • The ghost home on Elm Street has stood empty for years, its windows boarded and garden overgrown.

    La casa fantasma en la calle Elm ha estado vacía durante años, con sus ventanas tapiadas y jardín descuidado.

  • We passed the ghost home again; no lights, no sign of life, just silence and dust everywhere.

    Pasamos de nuevo por la casa fantasma; sin luces, sin señales de vida, solo silencio y polvo por todas partes.

  • That ghost home looks like it hasn’t been lived in since the last owners moved out a decade ago.

    Esa casa fantasma parece que no ha sido habitada desde que los últimos dueños se mudaron hace una década.

  • The realtor showed us a ghost home that had been abandoned after the factory closed nearby.

    El agente inmobiliario nos mostró una casa fantasma que había sido abandonada tras el cierre de la fábrica cercana.

• 2.

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  • A residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee or investor owner, often held as a speculative asset or for tax or regulatory reasons.

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  • Many investors keep ghost homes empty as they wait for property values to rise in that neighborhood.

    Muchos inversionistas mantienen casas fantasmas vacías mientras esperan que los valores de las propiedades suban en ese barrio.

  • The city council is cracking down on ghost homes to encourage more affordable housing availability.

    El ayuntamiento está tomando medidas contra las casas fantasmas para fomentar una mayor disponibilidad de viviendas asequibles.

  • He owns several ghost homes across the city, none of which he visits but holds as long-term investments.

    Él posee varias casas fantasmas en toda la ciudad, ninguna de las cuales visita pero mantiene como inversiones a largo plazo.