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property speculation (ˈprɒpətɪ ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃən) 

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noun

  1. the buying or selling of property in the hope of deriving capital gains

Example Sentences Including 'property speculation'

Finally, why is a public university like Queensland engaging in what looks like a glorified form of property speculation ?
Misc (1995)
Has Labour been using public money - MPs ' expenses - to finance property speculation ?
Glasgow Herald (2001)
MONEY wasted in stock exchange and property speculation does nothing to create new and continuing employment.
Misc (1995)
The Agents had strayed from its brief and swept into large-scale property speculation.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)

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