**Exhibit 31.2**

CERTIFICATION

| I, Richard J. Carbone, certify that**:**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| 1. I    have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of The Prudential Variable    Contract Real Property Account;                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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| 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                    |
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| 4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:                                                                          |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | b) Evaluated    the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures    and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the    disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by    this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | c) Disclosed    in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over    financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent    fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case    of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely    to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial    reporting; and |
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| 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):    |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | a) All    significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation    of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely    to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize    and report financial information; and |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | b) Any    fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees    who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial    reporting. |

|   | Date: March 30, 2006                                                                 |
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|   | /s/ Richard J. Carbone                                                               |
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|   | Richard J. CarboneChief Financial OfficerThe Prudential Insurance Company of America |

 

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