What Is A Real Estate Holding Company?

A Holding Company is sometimes called a Parent Company, because is a conglomerate made up of many other companies. For example a TV Network owes and runs many Television stations, and other communications media outlets, from around the country. A Holding Company owns the majority of shares in other companies. Normally, a holding company does not produce services or goods, the sole reason for existence is ownership and control of many different companies. The member companies do not necessarily have any  relationship or commonality between them, accept they are owned by the same holding company.

A Real Estate Holding is a company in the business of owning other companies. This company owns many real estate companies and other types of companies as well. However, the main focus of the company is the real estate industry. A real estate holding company does not go out and by private and commercial land, homes or businesses for resale as other real estate investors do.

A real estate holding company may buy and sale stock and invest in various types of companies, goods, and properties. Some real estate holding companies are also involved in the ownership of factories; hospitals; Health, accident and life insurance companies, hotels, resorts and transportation.  

Dependent upon the number of shareholders within a real estate holding company, they may have to file as a holding company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A Holding Company has expenses and operating costs, associated with an extra layer of administrators, attorneys and officials, controlling the investments of the company. However, in some cases their costs may be offset by tax breaks and relaxed state laws. Some Real Estate holding companies are located off-shore and some own companies located around the world.

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