Variance: Most commonly used in real estate regarding permission by the zoning authority to an owner permitting a minor violation of the zoning requirements for specific property. For example: setback requirements, use, or size of structure.
Variance is also used in statistical analysis to measure the amount of variability that exists in a set of numbers (formerly referred to as a frequency distribution). Variance is one of many statistical techniques gradually being introduced into real estate investment analysis decision strategies regarding acquisition and disposition of investment-grade property.
Past vocabulary words: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
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