Real estate is term that generally refers to the land, including all inherent natural attributes and other man-made improvements permanently attached to the land.

Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property that includes the land and everything growing on it, attached to it or erected on it but not including anything that may be severed from the land without injuring it. The terms real estate and real property are used primarily in common law, while civil law jurisdictions refer instead to immovable property.