Feature: Making the Grade
Big Builder Magazine, March 8, 2009
By Lynn Norusis
...Location, location, location can mean different things to different people. To a home buyer, the words may evoke visions of the urban sophisticate lifestyle, the All-American small town, a paradise by the sea, or a mountain retreat. To a builder, they more likely suggest low-priced, easily developed land close enough to jobs, entertainment, and retail to promise the buyer a better life. To the Realtor, however, the words often mean a safe town -- with really good schools.
"People do pay more to live in places with better schools," says Gary Painter, Associate Professor at USC's School of Policy, Planning, and Development...
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