landbanker
noun [ C ] mainly UK uk/ˈlænd.bæŋk.ər/ us/ˈlænd.bæŋk.ɚ/
土地创富投资者，其牟利的方式是购买土地并以高价出售给那些将来想利用该土地建房的人
someone who buys an area of land in order to make a profit by selling it at a much higher price to those who hope they can build houses, etc. on it in the future
Typically, landbankers buy land for under £10,000 an acre and then sell plots of one-tenth of an acre for £8,000 to £16,000 each. 土地创富投资者的典型做法是以低于每英亩一万英镑的价钱置地，然后将每十分之一英亩的地块以八千到一万六千英镑的价钱出售。
At least two landbankers have recently gone bust, leaving investors holding almost worthless plots of land. 至少有两家土地创富投资商破产了，使得那些投资下家购入的地块变得几乎一文不值。
See: landbanking
- More examples
- Landbankers own the 500 hectares of land on the city's fringes.
- The farmer is not a landbanker - he has just been lucky.
- The keys of the house went to a landbanker who joined the bidding at the last moment.