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Richard Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

No clue Fred

Mar 24, 2025 02:19 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I have been aware of the concept but don't immediately recall the term, "paper streets".  Thank you for the question which helped stir up my mind's many cobwebs.  If only I could come up with a paper analogy. 

Mar 24, 2025 02:13 PM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

It's a new term to me Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate but I think I've heard of them as undeveloped city plotted street or alley before.

Mar 24, 2025 01:39 PM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, CFSP
Big Block LPT Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
Coastal San Diego, Veteran's & Retirees Services

Yes, in fact my backyard occupies a portion of one, as does 11 other of my neighbors. We gained 500 sq ft of lot by legally encroaching on our paper street, decades ago...long before I ever lived in San Diego.

We have several paper streets in Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA.

Mar 24, 2025 09:26 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

If you saw many of the areas near and around where I live you might think they are paper streets - yet I do not believe any of the streets have been so designated., Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate 

 

 

Mar 24, 2025 09:25 AM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

You see what the town fathers laid out in the comprehensive plan and then what life did to it. Like a treasure map. Have experience with paper streets Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate.

Mar 24, 2025 04:14 PM
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Matthew Sturkie, CRS, GRI 909-969-3805
Action Realty - Apple Valley, CA
CRS, GRI 909-969-3805

Never heard the term. 

Mar 24, 2025 10:10 AM
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Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.WarrenCountyOhioRealEstate.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Fred, I did encounter that some years back with some vacant land I had for sale.  The back property lines were adjacent to a paper street.  I suppose some day the land will be parceled off to the adjacent owners since there would be no logical reason to put in a city maintained street to just go through backyards.

Mar 24, 2025 09:26 AM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Yes, our town has some paper streets as well as paper on & off ramps to the highway (RT 95) 

Mar 24, 2025 02:41 PM
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Peter Mohylsky,
Property Management International-Destin - Inlet Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

news to me but thanks for sharing.  

Mar 24, 2025 02:18 PM
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Lew Corcoran
Better Living Real Estate, LLC - East Bridgewater, MA
Expert guidance. Exceptional results.

Ah, “paper street”—sounds like a quirky little term straight out of a real estate fairy tale, right? Well, hold onto your hats because it’s not quite as whimsical as it sounds! In the wild world of real estate, paper streets are like those imaginary friends we all had as kids—totally not real but somehow mentioned in conversations. Basically, these are roads that exist on maps and city plans but, surprise! They’ve never actually been built in real life. Yes, you heard me right: they’re roads that exist in theory, making them about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

 

So, if your friend spotted a listing that mentions "access to the paper street portion of a nearby road," it means they’re potentially buying a slice of property with a pretend road claim. It's like saying you have access to the *idea* of a road—ideal for all the adventures you can’t actually take. It's a clever way of saying you might have a pathway to nowhere! 

 

As for whether your City of Durham has paper streets, yes, indeed! It appears that Durham embraces the world of paper streets like a well-meaning but slightly forgetful aunt at a family reunion. According to the city’s own info, these paper streets are often remnants of planned developments that never quite made it off the drawing board. So, if you’re daydreaming about building your dream home with a view of a paper street, just remember: it's all fun and games until you realize you can't actually drive there.

 

But hey, if you're feeling adventurous, take a dive into those city plans—they might just lead you to your next big (or not so big) real estate revelation!

 

Mar 24, 2025 12:54 PM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

That's a new term for me. Wonder why "paper" streets? Because they exist only on paper as proper streets? Also, why is it a "plus" for a property to have access to a portion of a paper street?

Mar 24, 2025 11:53 AM
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Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
Lake Sinclair Specialist

Nope, we do not.  Developers must build new roads to specs before opening a subdivision to buyers

Mar 24, 2025 11:04 AM
Rainmaker
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Although I'm in North Carolina, this is the first I've heard this term used.

Mar 25, 2025 05:06 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Yeah, they're only on paper. We have those and also the reverse. LOL roads that are not on a map but do exist and highly unlikely they'll ever end up on a map!

Mar 24, 2025 05:59 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

If I get this correct, in our area, it is called unimproved lots.   No infrastructure yet, so homes cannot be built.

Mar 24, 2025 09:26 AM
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Katina Hargrove 352-551-0308
Stake Your Land Realty, Inc. - Eustis, FL
Broker/Owner, SFR®, e-PRO®, GRI, AHWD, REALTOR®

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate 

I have never heard of the term paper street. My guess is that it would need to be a cash purchase. LOL

Mar 25, 2025 07:35 AM
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Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

I have run across many paper alleys in older neighborhoods  and towns in Frederick County.

Mar 25, 2025 04:24 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate is correct about easements in Florida. I lived in a neighborhood in Ft. Myers where the lots that backed up to an abandoned street easement gained significant ground because the county failed to reserve land on the neighborhoods on each side therefore putting in a street would be a street to nowhere but it was never termed a "paper street". 

Mar 25, 2025 04:15 AM
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Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Hmm, I have not heard of this until now, I will have to look into it.

Mar 25, 2025 05:11 AM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

Yes & Yes 😃

Mar 25, 2025 04:38 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I am not aware of any paper streets in our home community.

Mar 25, 2025 04:27 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Most of our streets are made of asphalt or gravel, paper probably would not do well with our climate.

Mar 24, 2025 08:23 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I've never heard of that term before.

Mar 25, 2025 08:38 AM
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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

I never heard this term before but we did own a rental property on one of those undeveloped (and a dead end) street before. It provided great additional parking!

Mar 25, 2025 08:50 AM
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Patricia Feager
Flower Mound, TX

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate - that term has been around for a long time but to tell the truth, I did not know, until I just looked it up with State I live in. I thought this was interesting:

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In my opinion, Amazon is a lot like the old Sears and Montgomery Ward Catalogs before I was born. Sears sold homes in room sections and Wards, their competitor did too. I think Wards started it, and Sears was more successful. Both started selling merchandise through catalogs and the idea was a big hit for especially women who stayed home and couldn't get out to buy what they needed. In parts of Northern, Illinois, Sears homes were plentiful. I went inside one and thought it was the coolest house because the owner was able to customize it and spend money for additional rooms, when they could afford it. Or mom and pops bought and left the paper houses to their kids and the kids built on. 

Mar 25, 2025 04:05 PM
Rainmaker
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Greg Cremia
Shore Realty of the Outer Banks - Nags Head, NC

We have paper, private and public roads. Private roads are paved and maintained by the owners and require a maintenance agreement to get a loan.

In most towns you can drive on the paper street to access your property but you have to pave the street and install utilities before you can build on it.

In one county there are whole subdivisions on dirt (sand) roads with million dollar houses. The sand roads are public and maintained by the county.

 

 

Mar 31, 2025 05:01 AM
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