Higher Walk Score means more cash for home buyers
August 19th, 2009 Categories: City News
If your house is located within easy walking distance to Starbucks, Whole Foods, great dry cleaners and hip restaurants with top chefs, your “home sweet home” could command $4k to $34k more than similar houses in less walkable neighborhoods.
“Walking the Walk,” was a study conducted by CEOS for Cities, a firm that promotes sustainable and friendly-living towns and cities. The study drew on approximately 90k recent home sales in 15 markets in the US.
Find L.A. walk scores & rest of the story at Valerie Fitzgerald Group.
Valerie Fitzgerald specializes in luxury residential real estate in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood, Santa Monica and Malibu. Valerie has more than 20 years of real estate experience and is known for her solid reputation in the West Los Angeles brokerage community. She’s also the author of Heart and Sold: How to Survive and Build a Recession-Proof Business.
- Walk score snapshot of West L.A. neighborhood
