Title: Real property - Wikipedia
Headings: Real property
Real property
Contents
Historical background
Characteristics of real property
Immobility
Externalities
Development
Supply of Urban Land
Identification of real property
Estates and ownership interests defined
Bundle of Rights
Other Ownership types
Jurisdictional peculiarities
Australia and New Zealand
United Kingdom
England and Wales
United States
Economic aspects of real property
See also
References
Further reading
Overview of real property
The law of real property
Analysis of the law of real property

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Property law
Part of the common law series
Types
Real property
Personal property
Community property
Unowned property
Acquisition
Gift
Adverse possession
Deed
Conquest
Discovery
Accession
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Treasure trove
Bailment
License
Alienation
Estates in land
Allodial title
Fee simple
Fee tail
Life estate
Defeasible estate
Future interest
remainder
Concurrent estate
Leasehold estate
Condominiums
Real estate
Land tenure
Conveyancing
Bona fide purchaser
Torrens title
Strata title
Deeds registration
Estoppel by deed
Quitclaim deed
Mortgage
Equitable conversion
Action to quiet title
Escheat
Future use control
Restraint on alienation
Rule against perpetuities
Rule in Shelley's Case
Doctrine of worthier title
Nonpossessory interest
Lien
Easement
Profit
Usufruct
Covenant
Equitable servitude
Related topics
Fixtures
Waste
Partition
Practicing without a license
Property rights
Mineral rights
Water rights
prior appropriation
riparian
Lateral and subjacent support
Assignment
Nemo dat
Quicquid plantatur
Conflict of property laws
Blackacre
Security deposit
Other common law areas
Contract law
Tort law
Wills, trusts and estates
Criminal law
Evidence
Higher category: Law and Common law
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In English common law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is land which is the property of some person and all structures (also called improvements or fixtures) integrated with or affixed to the land, including crops, buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, and roads, among other things. The term is historic, arising from the now-discontinued form of action, which distinguished between real property disputes and personal property disputes. Personal property was, and continues to be, all property that is not real property. In countries with personal ownership of real property, civil law protects the status of real property in real-estate markets, where estate agents work in the market of buying and selling real estate. Scottish civil law calls real property "heritable property", and in French-based law, it is called immobilier ("immovable property"). Contents
1 Historical background
2 Characteristics of real property
2.1 Immobility
2.1.1 Externalities
2.1.2 Development
2.1.3 Supply of Urban Land
3 Identification of real property
4 Estates and ownership interests defined
4.1 Bundle of Rights
4.2 Other Ownership types
5 Jurisdictional peculiarities
5.1 Australia and New Zealand
5.2 United Kingdom
5.2.1 England and Wales
5.3 United States
6 Economic aspects of real property
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
9.1 Overview of real property
9.2 The law of real property
9.3 Analysis of the law of real property
Historical background
The word "real" derives from Latin res ("thing"), which was used in Middle English to mean "relating to things, especially real property". In common law, real property was property that could be protected by some form of real action, in contrast to personal property, where a plaintiff would have to resort to another form of action. As a result of this formalist approach, some things the common law deems to be land would not be classified as such by most modern legal systems: for example, an advowson (the right to nominate a priest) was real property.