October 2005
Volume 8 Issue 10
The Happy Homeowner
The study shows that children of homeowners are likely to perform higher on academic achievement tests, are more likely to finish high school and have fewer behavioral problems at school. Political activity, such as voting and participating in community organizations, is also higher among homeowners.
The bottom line: Homeowners are happier and more satisfied with their lives. Why? A couple of factors could be the government’s policy of promoting homeownership and the positive social outcomes of homeownership, Dietz says.
“Through their investment in the home — and therefore in the local neighborhood — homeowners appear to be overall more involved in their communities,” Dietz says. “These spillover benefits suggest that the neighborhood homeownership rate itself may produce positive social consequences for communities.”
Homeownership can even have financial benefits. Recent research indicates that high levels of homeownership in neighborhoods increase property values.
This months joke:
Question: Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
Answer: No body
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Green, Green
Grass of Home
In the old days, home buyers skipped right over the yard and made a beeline for the house. But in today’s world of low interest rates and high competition, home buyers are paying more attention to what’s outside, too.
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Big spending increases on professional landscaping and lawn- and tree-care services over the past few years have homeowners showing prospective buyers that the grass really is greener on their side of the fence.
“Homeowners understand that their landscape is a valuable investment,” says Debra Holder, executive vice president of the Associated Landscape Contractors of America. “Recent reports from REALTORS® across the country cite a return on investment of landscape expenditures of 15 to 20 percent.”
In 2002, American households spent $28.9 billion on landscaping services — a $3 billion increase from 2001, according to a Harris Interactive survey. The results also indicate that 24.9 million households plan to purchase lawn and landscaping services this year, a 200,000-household rise since 2002
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Question Does That Stay?
Answer A list of the household fixtures that stay — and go — can save hard feelings. It is easy to mislead potential buyers by leaving a chandelier or bookcase in the house when showing it, even though neither may be included. Be sure to let your real estate agent know in writing exactly what stays and what leaves with you when you move. Avoid any confusion over that favorite light fixture before you hold your first open house.
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