The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2013
Level
City or Town, County
State(s)
All States, Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota
Policy Areas
Community Development, Transportation & Mobility
Moving beyond the traditional arguments that good schools and neighborhood amenities impact housing prices, emerging research has indicated that urban form and transportation options have played a key role in the ability of residential properties to maintain their value since the onset of the recession. This analysis investigates how well residential properties located in proximity to fixed-guideway transit have maintained their value as compared to residential properties without transit access between 2006 and 2011 in five regions: Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and San Francisco.