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Exurbia seeing greater home price drops than urban areas

by Richard Brown on April 21, 2008

in Community development, Supportive Housing

A subject we have posted on previously - Is Suburbia Doomed? - received supporting evidence in a report on Morning Edition this morning. In an article entilted - Home Prices Drop Most in Areas with Long Commute - Kathleen Schalch reported that with falling housing prices “the ones with short commutes are faring better than [...]

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Is suburbia doomed?

by Richard Brown on March 4, 2008

in Community development

Christopher B. Leinberger wrote a fascinating and thought provoking article in the March 2008 issue of The Atlantic entitled “The Next Slum?“. The article’s subtitle is “The subprime crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. Fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements.” Have we reached the end of the [...]

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