Comments on: Housing Diversity http://urbanworkbench.com/housing-diversity Sustainable Designs for Life Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Edwards http://urbanworkbench.com/housing-diversity/comment-page-1#comment-799 John Edwards Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:51:59 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=1068#comment-799 Like a good portfolio smart developers diversified. They were building high income housing, midrange and "affordable". Only building high end housing is like holding a portfolio with only Internet stocks, while the market is going up you're making a lot of money but when it comes down you get wiped out. <abbr><em><abbr><em>John Edwardss last blog post..<a href="http://www.johnedwardsproperties.com/areaHARWOOD-0.htm" rel="nofollow">Harwood Real Estate</a></em></abbr></em></abbr> Like a good portfolio smart developers diversified. They were building high income housing, midrange and “affordable”. Only building high end housing is like holding a portfolio with only Internet stocks, while the market is going up you’re making a lot of money but when it comes down you get wiped out.

John Edwardss last blog post..Harwood Real Estate

]]> By: Real Estate Newbie Info » Blog Archive » Housing Diversity http://urbanworkbench.com/housing-diversity/comment-page-1#comment-798 Real Estate Newbie Info » Blog Archive » Housing Diversity Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:17:29 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=1068#comment-798 [...] Mike wrote an interesting post today onHousing DiversityHere’s a quick excerptAdmittedly, one could say that affordable housing is a lower risk option for investment in real estate development, as the demand will always be there, but the risk of cost overruns on the development would preclude this from being a … [...] [...] Mike wrote an interesting post today onHousing DiversityHere’s a quick excerptAdmittedly, one could say that affordable housing is a lower risk option for investment in real estate development, as the demand will always be there, but the risk of cost overruns on the development would preclude this from being a … [...]

]]> By: » Housing Diversity http://urbanworkbench.com/housing-diversity/comment-page-1#comment-797 » Housing Diversity Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:06:37 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=1068#comment-797 [...] While there has been a prolonged residential construction boom, much of this is aimed at the high end of the market, thus serving to exacerbate affordability trends. Affordability requires a strong market demand for housing to offset … Housing Diversity [...] [...] While there has been a prolonged residential construction boom, much of this is aimed at the high end of the market, thus serving to exacerbate affordability trends. Affordability requires a strong market demand for housing to offset … Housing Diversity [...]

]]> By: » Housing Diversity http://urbanworkbench.com/housing-diversity/comment-page-1#comment-795 » Housing Diversity Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:36:49 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=1068#comment-795 [...] Affordability requires a strong market demand for housing to offset the cost of developing the more affordable housing stock . Without an offset, profits will be lower or non-existant - and if you were a private developer would you be … Housing Diversity [...] [...] Affordability requires a strong market demand for housing to offset the cost of developing the more affordable housing stock . Without an offset, profits will be lower or non-existant – and if you were a private developer would you be … Housing Diversity [...]

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