What (who) is owner-occupier - definition
STATUS OF A PERSON WHO OWNS THEIR HOME
Owner occupier; Home ownership; Homeowner; Owner occupied; Owner Occupied; Home ownership rate; Homeownership; Home owner; Owner occupancy; Owner-occupant; Owner-occupier; Home-ownership; Home buyer; Homebuyer; Owner-occupied home; Owner-occupied
owner-occupier
(owner-occupiers)
An owner-occupier is a person who owns the house or flat that they live in. (BRIT)
N-COUNT
owner-occupier
¦ noun Brit. a person who owns the house, flat, etc. in which they live.
Derivatives
owner-occupied adjective
Owner-occupancy
Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. The home can be a house, such as a single-family house, an apartment, condominium, or a housing cooperative.
Wikipedia
Owner-occupancy
Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. The home can be a house, such as a single-family house, an apartment, condominium, or a housing cooperative. In addition to providing housing, owner-occupancy also functions as a real estate investment.
Examples of use of owner-occupier
1. And while it has recently assumed powers over the owner–occupier mortgage market, these do not include buy–to–let mortgages.
2. Some six per cent said they did, which equates to just over 1million of the 17.8million owner occupier households in the country.
3. "There is not the real estate flywheel on the German economy –– less than half the population is owner–occupier," said Adam Tooze, a senior lecturer in modern European economic history at Cambridge University in Britain.
4. Next time you hear Gordon Brown tell you how many new owner occupiers there are, he might give the impression that he is celebrating the success of the 25–year–old in becoming an owner occupier.
5. Renting properties out is allowing people on benefits to live in owner occupier areas which is turning them into quasi council estates with all the problems that comes with them. – John, UK I rely on tax credits to live month to month – I expect these will be next.