Americans are getting smaller, houses that is

Check out this articlefrom the Houston Chronicle’s Nancy Sarnoff.  Per the article, Relocation.com recently conducted a survey and asked home buyers and owners, “what size home is ideal for you”.  Here are the results:

• 48 percent said their ideal home size would be from 1,000 to 1,999 square feet.
• 29 percent would prefer homes that are 2,000 to 2,999 square feet.
• The survey also found many Americans still find the suburban lifestyle attractive, with 54 percent of Americans indicating a preference for living in a suburban neighborhood.
• Urban and rural neighborhood settings were only preferred by 24 percent and 22 percent, respectively, of survey participants..Read more