Rent paid for the land, usually for a long-term lease or in perpetuity, where the land-owner and the owner of improvements are different; the improvements are effectively security for the payment of the rent
Rent paid for vacant land If the property is improved, ground rent is the portion attributable to the land only
Earnings of improved property credited to earnings of the ground itself after allowance is made for earnings of improvements
Ground rent is rent that is paid by the owner of a flat or house to the owner of the land on which it is built. Rent paid for land to be used chiefly for building. rent that you pay to the person who owns the land that your house, office etc is built on
Earnings of improve property credited to the earnings of the ground itself after allowances is made for earning of improvements; often termed economic rent
Rent paid for vacant land, If the property is improved, ground rent is the portion attributable to the land only
This applies only to leasehold properties and is a sum paid annually to the freeholder by the leaseholder
The amount of money that is paid for the use of land when title to a property is held as a leasehold estate, rather than as fee simple (Source: FNMA Selling Guide, Glossary)
Rent paid to the owner for use of land, normally on which to build a building Generally, the arrangement is that of a long-term lease (e g 99 years) with the lessor retaining title to the land