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Smart locations fare better as home prices plummet, foreclosures rise

April 20, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
foreclosures, mortgagecrisis, smartgrowth, sprawl

 In previous entries, I’ve pointed to work by serious academics suggesting that, because of the mortgage crisis and other more structural changes in the housing market, sprawl locations are at more risk of decline than closer-in, more accessible locations.  The smart-growth...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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