Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Resale

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Utah is also a pretty conservative state. An obvious statement, but nobody
else said it, so...

Not a lot of conservatives in cohousing.


-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento California

http://members.home.net/southsideparkcohousing/
tamgoddess [at] home.com
> From: Raines Cohen <raines-coho-L [at] raines.com>
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:56:58 -0500
> To: "Coho-L Mailing List" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_Resale
> 
> "Kay Argyle" <argyle [at] mines.utah.edu> wrote on 11/20/01 1:01 PM:
> 
>> Price appreciation hasn't occurred for Wasatch Commons.  Units have taken
>> sometimes a considerable length of time to sell -- more than a year in two
>> cases.  In fact, three households now own a second unit each, renting them
>> to households that can't swing the financing for a mortgage.
> 
> How does this compare with similar non-coho projects in your region? In
> most places I've looked, coho units have done as well as or better than
> the surrounding market.
> 
> You might want to look at whether sellers are effectively marketing the
> elements that distinguish it from a pure "housing" purchase... community
> and other benefits. Have sellers tried marketing outside the region as
> well?
> 
> I'd be interested to see whether you've concluded that community is not a
> rare commodity in your area, for cultural or other reasons.
> 
> Raines
> 
> 
> Raines Cohen <coho-L [at] raines.com> <http://www.swansway.com/>
> Who just delivered dinners to 2 of my four friends who just had babies.
> 
> Vice President, Swan's Market Cohousing [Old Oakland, CA]
> Site of a delightful community Thanksgiving dinner last Sunday.
> 
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> Which learned about consensus systems and discussed committee duties at
> its last meeting.
> 
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