Letters to the Editor
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Thought-provoking
Its interesting to see this reaching a statistical record. All other things aside, it gives us some perspective on just what this means - record amounts of unoccupied homes as a percentage of homes built. One can discuss reasons, impact, etc., but it's nice to have some numbers to work with.
A little inspiration for HTWW on some statistics that may be worth crunching
* How long does it take to sell a home now compared to the past, how far has that been charted in history, and how has it changed? Have sales dipped below the level of people selling/abandoning/otherwise getting rid of their homes?
* What's the average amount people are paying for these unoccupied houses per month?
* How many of these homes are underwater loan-wise, and how does that stack up against non-selling, occupied (or rental, etc.) homes?
* What's the geographic demographics?
We could definitely crunch some numbers around here for further discussion. Certainly these are things I'd like to know.