Real estate terminology and practice outside the United States (around the world) [edit] Real estate as "real property" in the U.K.

In British usage, “real property”, often shortened to just “property”, generally refers to land and fixtures as such while the term “real estate” is used mostly in the context of probate law, and means all interests in land held by a deceased person at death excluding interests in money arising under a trust for sale of or charged on land.[4]

See Real property for a definition and Estate agent for a description of the practice in the UK.