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It can be, but rarely (e.g. owned properties rather than leased properties).

Owned is the past tense and past participle of the verb to own, and is almost always a verb.

A popular compound adjective is pre-owned (used).

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It can be, when it means something belonging to an individual, e.g. "his own car".

The verb forms of to own are not adjectives, e.g. "I own a car".

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