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Real Property vs. Personal Property - What is Included in a Home Purchase?
You have found the home of your dreams and you are ready to put an offer on it.  Before you sign the contract make sure you know which items will convey with the house and which will be excluded.  There can be some confusion about this, particularly if the listing is vague on the matter.
 Real Property vs. Personal Property
For the purpose of selling real estate, property is divided into two categories:
Real Property is the land and everything that is attached to it, including the ground to the core of the Earth and up to the sky.  This would encompass the building, landscaping, trees and anything which is appurtenant to land or which is considered immovable by law.  
Another way to think of it is what realtors call fixtures.  Examples of fixtures are:  wall-to-wall carpeting, attached lighting, built-in ovens, stoves, microwaves and ceiling fans.  That is to say every item that is physically attached to the property, including, but not limited to the furnace and the kitchen sink.  All of these items will be included in the purchase unless they are mentioned as exclusions in the listing.
Personal Property is that which is not attached, such as furnishing, ... more

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