0 someone who has bought the house or apartment that they live in:
He is the owner-occupier of a £500,000 property.
The proportion of owner-occupier households has fallen.
1 someone who has bought a house or apartment and lives in it:
Buyers for the properties include both rental investors and private owner-occupiers.
Local farmers were often owner-occupiers.
She is an owner-occupier who plans to live in her home until she dies.
A further thirty combined the functions of owner-occupier and landlord.
Among other markers, not being an owner-occupier had a persistently negative effect on the quality of life.
Table 1 shows for our sample how men and women aged 50 and over were distributed according to owner-occupier and householder status.
In thirteen cases owner-occupation was combined with substantial renting (defined as more than a tenement cottage), and fifteen people combined the three functions of owner-occupier, tenant and landlord.
Above the impact of greater age, the existence of close ties is most important followed by recent life events, poor pension provision and not being an owner-occupier.