It's now become the norm, to design and develop "walkable neighbourhoods" to meet the demand of buyers.
With today's population becoming more and more environmentally friendly, with more concerns for conserving energy, as well as our own health care, we are finding ourselves walking everywhere.
A neighbourhood with a high walkability score has shown that the property value goes up $3,000 for every one point of the walk score.
What is a "walk score"? Check out this site to find out: http://ezinearticles.com/?Get-Moving-in-a-Walkable-Neighborhood&id=4407640
One requirement making the top of a homebuyers list these days is "walkability". In fact, here is a website that will tell you what the walkscore is for your neighbourhood, or one you may be interested in relocating to. http://www.walkscore.com/
What's Your Walkscore?
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