New Houses: 1956 vs. 1996
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Chart above is from the Dallas Federal Reserve. Notice that only 72% of new homes in 1956 had only 1 bathroom, only half of new homes had a garage, only 6% had central air, only 11% had dishwashers, the average ...
Overwhelming Evidence IV: Good Old Days Are Now
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The top graph was featured in yesterday's WSJ (thanks to Cafe Hayek), showing the 50% increase in median size of a new single-family home in the last 25 years, from 1500 sq. ft. in 1982 to 2,250 square feet ...
Home and Garden Shows
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Minneapolis & St Paul Home and Garden Shows This time of year it is nice to get out of the house and walk around. With the weather the way it is I appreciate having a place like a Home and Garden ...
How Low Will Real Estate Go?
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Posted By: Tsu-Han (Ina) Chang Written By: Matt Woolsey Two weeks ago, Joyti Goundar, an agent at Redfin, a residential real estate brokerage, entered a bid of $420,000 for a three-bedroom, 1,625-square-foot La Crescenta home outside of L.A., listed at $299,000. When ...
A Tale of Two Cities (in London)
Monday, May 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Posted By: Shea McCabeBY: William BostonWhen Lehman Brothers collapsed last year, the rental market for office space in London went to bust faster than anyone could turn the lights off.A year later, prime office rents have plummeted and landlords have ...
