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  • noun Plural form of tear-down alternative spelling of teardowns.

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Examples

  • Also, recent tear-downs of the Palm Pre put the unit cost at well under $200, yet the MSRP is $850.

    Sen. Kerry Wants Wants His iPhone Unlocked 2009

  • Skyrocketing real-estate prices—the median home price in November was $1.4 million—combined with local restrictions that make tear-downs difficult mean Palo Alto is now full of renovated Eichlers.

    Midcentury Made Modern Nancy Keates 2012

  • High-end devices like the iPhone contain just under $200 worth of parts, according to tear-downs by iSuppi Corp.

    T-Mobile Smartphones to Head Down Market Roger Cheng 2011

  • And then if you throw in, you know, fires and tear-downs and just worn-out properties, we need 1.6 million or more per year.

    Housing Shortage Coming In 2011 Alexandra Zendrian 2010

  • "But I have found that even with properties marketed as tear-downs, the agent has not always done their homework and that's where a study period built in the contract would benefit the owner," Landers said.

    Planning out your home building can save money, but maybe not time 2010

  • It was placed on the The National Trust for Historic Preservation 2006 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places because tear-downs have decimated several historically significant homes.

    Kenilworth Could Be History 2008

  • It's a community where, in recent years, tear-downs were often replaced by palatial six-bedroom homes.

    Private lake is draw for Fairfax County's Woodside Estates Ann Cameron Siegal 2010

  • "But I have found that even with properties marketed as tear-downs, the agent has not always done their homework and that's where a study period built in the contract would benefit the owner," Landers said.

    Planning out your home building can save money, but maybe not time 2010

  • It was placed on the The National Trust for Historic Preservation 2006 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places because tear-downs have decimated several historically significant homes.

    June 2008 2008

  • In other words, for the property to be accepted as security for the “conventional” (80% LTV – loan-to-value) loan, the value must be land plus improvements; tear-downs and spec development not accepted.

    An appraiser weighs in. The 'nut' in all the mess: "Fair Market Value." 2008

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