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Do the Numbers on Gardens
Posted by Sharon Astyk on July 13, 2012 There’s a fascinating article using Zillow analysis to figure out the value of food gardens to residential housing. This isn’t news to a lot of us, but it is nice to see the numbers quantified: Minor Kitchen Remodel. Cost: $14,917 Return on resale: $14,645 Percentage Return: -1.8% Major Bathroom Remodel. Cost:…
Guess What – They Aren’t Trying to Save Your Home
Posted by Sharon Astyk on August 23, 2010 A number of people, including Ilargi and Stoneleigh at _The Automatic Earth_ have long pointed out that the interventions that the government has made in the housing market hasn’t served the people. They observe, for example, that by propping up house prices artificially they’ve benefitted more affluent, generally older homeowners, at the expense of younger,…
The Poor Stay in the Houses, the Rich Walk Away
Posted by Sharon Astyk on July 10, 2010 I’ve been meaning to write something about this New York Times article that suggests that affluent homeowners are strategically defaulting more than middle class and poor ones, but Mike the Mad Biologist said it better. While I realize regulation has become a four-letter word, regulation does force the regulated to act in certain ways that…