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What is personal residence?

A home held for the owner’s own use. No depreciation; a limited gain exclusion on sale; interest and property-tax deductions subject to limits.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.