The link between Acreage and Real Estate

You keep hearing people saying: “I own an 800 acres ranch” or “I bought 50 acres of land”, but you don’t really know what an acre is.

One of the first things that real estate agents learn when they start their business is the acreage/square footage formula.

Acre is a measure of area. A term that means in the Old English “open field”. It is believed that the word was originally used to describe unoccupied territory. Its usage traces back to the Middle Ages and is derived from a plowing practice. In other words, an acre describes the amount of land that could be plowed in a day with a yoke of oxen pulling a wooden plow.

How many Square Feet (Ft2) per Acre (Ac) and How to Calculate it?

1 Acre = 43,560 Ft2

Surveyors use measurements based on a common horizontal topography called plane surveying to calculate acreage which uses principles of plane geometry, trigonometry, and algebra to calculate the relative distance from point A to point B.

Why Use Acreage and not Square Footage?

Residential and commercial’s area is measured using square footage is primarily used for smaller residential and commercial lots. Meanwhile, measurement in acreage corresponds better with all property sizes, mainly larger lots.

What does an acre visually look like?

Now that you know what is acreage in real estate, picture an American football (soccer) field which is approximately 48,000 Ft2 . A Canadian football field is around two acres. Twelve tennis courts may equal an acre, a single self-sufficient family home where you raise a cow and reap garden harvests.

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There is no doubt that land appreciates with time. This gift will significantly increase in value for as long as the owners hold on to it. However, any one of the owners may decide to sell their part of the land, which can also mean that you have offered them a sum of money.