Posts with tag suburbs

Since almost the day they were born, suburbs have been criticized for their plain vanilla sameness. Is the downturn causing the landscape to become even more look-alike? Faced with declining demand for new homes and a glut of inventory, home builders are cutting house plans from their portfolios and standardizing on... Continue Reading »

Traffic is murder in Miami. As a result, homeowners and renters often pick their neighborhood based on commute times. You just don't want to be stuck on those roads more that you have to. An aging population, tourists and immigrants all add frustrating cluelessness to the roads in the area. The Daily Beast rated State... Continue Reading »

The news is awash with desperate landlords offering incentives in every shape and form to attract and retain tenants. What many may be overlooking is a larger trend: More than ever, renters want living space with easy access to good food. The New York Times recently profiled a butcher shop that expanded into a mixed-use... Continue Reading »

Call it Male Home Ownership Dissatisfaction Syndrome (or, MHODS, for these pharmaceutically abbreviated times). Or maybe just a bad epidemic of Buyer's Remorse. After seeming to embrace the many "joys" of home ownership -- mowing the lawn, retreating to the finished basement to watch football, unclogging blocked toilets... Continue Reading »

Last week the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing released a report about the transportation costs in and around San Francisco called the Bay Area Burden. It shows the average Bay Area suburban household spends more than $41,000 a year – nearly 60 percent of their income – on transportation and... Continue Reading »