Eppur si muove! Housing prices do go down!
I’ve been on a Galileo kick lately. Galileo was the Italian astronomer who, using his telescope, argued in favor of the crazy idea advanced by fellow astronomer Copernicus that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the solar system. Both men faced lots of skepticism. “C’mon, Galileo,” even the most friendly church official […]
The Inconvenient Truth About Workforce Housing
For the better part of the past decade, both advocates and policymakers have been decrying Seattle’s perceived lack of housing affordable to people with incomes in the lower-middle range—so-called “workforce housing.” As a result, Seattle has implemented and is continuing to expand a program known as Incentive Zoning intended to create subsidized workforce housing through […]
Big demand for small homes on small lots
Take a read through this great post by Kaid Benfield on the Ten things planners need to know about the future real estate market. Among other things, Benfield points out that a recent analysis Suggests that the growth in demand for new housing over the next 30 years will consist primarily of demand for smaller […]
