Statistic of the day
Courtesy of The Los Angeles Times:
In 1970, 36 percent of new homes were less than 1,200 square feet, the National Association of Home Builders reports. Today, 4 percent of new homes are that petite. One in 10 new houses was 2,400 square feet or more in 1970; 42 percent are that large now.
Perhaps homes would be more affordable to more people if they weren't so huge. Of course, a complicating factor is that big homes are sometimes the only option under local zoning rules in rural and semi-rural places, which is where a fair bit of homebuilding has been going on in the last generation.
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