Map Housing & Transportation Costs for Your Area

It's the modern home buyer quandry:

Do I want to pay more for the home to live closer work/school?

or

Do I want to pay less to live further away?

Lately I'm performing the following searches:

• Homes close to work/school (usually re-sale)

• Homes further away at bargain value pricing (often new homes)

• We look at each and calculate cost and time savings vs. expenses and time lost.
  

Wouldn't it be great to see a visual representation of home affordability vs. transportation costs?

The Center for Neighborhood Technology thinks so.

They've developed the Housing + Transportation Affordability Index.

This allows you to see each component separately or together.

Give it a try. 

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Chuck Willman is a real estate agent and founder of USAvest... a nationwide network of investment mined individuals with and interest in real estate.