SFR
Business & Finance abbreviation · Real Estate & Mortgage
| Stands for | Single-family residence |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business & Finance |
SFR stands for Single-family residence, a real estate & mortgage abbreviation.
Freestanding house built for one household on its own lot, not sharing walls with another dwelling, the most common US housing type. Investors also use it for single-family rentals.
Example: The fund now owns 3,000 SFR rentals across the Sun Belt.
Usage notes
Also abbreviated SFH (single-family home). Large institutional landlords expanded into single-family rentals after the 2008 foreclosure crisis. Zoning that allows only single-family homes has become a focus of housing affordability debates.
Related abbreviations
More real estate & mortgage abbreviations
- QM – Qualified mortgage
- REIT – Real estate investment trust
- REO – Real estate owned
- ROFO – Right of first offer
- ROFR – Right of first refusal
- RSF – Rentable square feet
- SNDA – Subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement
- STR – Short-term rental
- TI – Tenant improvements
- TIC – Tenancy in common
- TRID – TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule
- UFMIP – Upfront mortgage insurance premium