It always seemed to me that if ADUs were selling for $50,000 or less, there would be lots of interest. Literally the first one I ran into (below) at the Tiny Fest was priced at $50,000, and people were standing in line to experience this 8.5 ft x 30 ft home with...
If baby boomers have to sell their home because they need the money, this will be a great alternative - and could help to dry up the housing inventory, especially if you can build an ADU for less than $50,000. Homes with bigger yards would be more valuable too....
Sell your house with Jim, and go on a world adventure! LINK An excerpt: The "van life" movement has been gaining momentum for years, but it seemed like 2017 really saw a variety of intriguing new vans (and van build-outs) to inspire would-be road-dwellers to get out...
Whether is be fires, earthquakes, floods, or nuclear attacks, we are all susceptible to being in a disaster zone. How does it affect real estate? Let's keep an eye on the recent fires to gauge what we might expect if disasters came our way. I mentioned in a tweet...
Here's another guy who insists on 'disrupting' real estate. While the mobile devices are handy, are people - especially the affluent baby-boomers who are making the real estate market, going to give up their more-traditional homestead to live in a 320sf tin can?...
We need tent cities too! Hat tip to 'just some guy; for sending this in: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27860319/prefabricated-homes-provide-affordable-option-some-bay-area SUNNYVALE -- Two years of mounting rent increases pushed them out of their...
Hat tip to ocrenter who sent this in from Bloomberg - a prototype new home that generates its own energy that they think they can sell for around $250,000: The youtube remarks are somewhat critical of the idea - you still have to purchase the natural gas to run the...
Simple, easy living - what else do you need?
We should be seeing more applications of the modular home, especially for remote areas. Here's another that starts their base pricing around $200/sf, and goes up from there: For those who are interested, they are having open house in Joshua Tree this weekend, where...
From Lily at the utsandiego.com: Neighbors and passers-by stopped to gawk. A few snapped photos. It’s not every day you see up to 60-foot-long, factory-built pieces of a home trucked, lifted and stacked over a course of two days. Nine pieces that make up a...
