owner-occupied

American  

[oh-ner-ok-yuh-pahyd] / ˈoʊ nərˈɒk yəˌpaɪd /

adjective

1. (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.

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Other Word Forms

• owner-occupier noun

Etymology

Origin of owner-occupied

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Roughly one in seven owner-occupied homes in the U.S is not insured.

From MarketWatch

The median owner-occupied home is now 41 years old, up from 31 years in 2005.

From Barron's

And farms here are also predominantly owner-occupied - small family farms where the farmer often has a full-time job that essentially funds the farm work.

From BBC

Meanwhile, roughly two-thirds of U.S. households homes are owner-occupied, according to census data, making threats to home prices an issue for homeowners’ finances.

From Barron's

Why don’t we acknowledge that fire destroys more than owner-occupied houses and give equal weight to graduation rates for affected students or the number of renters successfully relocated to safe apartments?

From Los Angeles Times