La Mesa Homes For Sale And The Market
Hi People. This addition of La Mesa Homes For Sale And The Marketis going to deal with walkability, or the Walk Score of La Mesa. Que? I said WALKABILITY (Sorry for shouting).
Walkability (Calculated into a Walk Score) is defined by the good people at Walk Score as:
"Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle-not how pretty the area is for walking.
Walk Score uses a patent-pending system to measure the walkability of an address. The Walk Score algorithm awards points based on the distance to amenities in each category. If an amenity is within .25 miles (or .4 km), we assign the maximum number of points. The number of points declines as the distance approaches 1 mile (or 1.6 km)-no points are awarded for amenities further than 1 mile. The points are summed and normalized to yield a score from 0-100. The number of nearby amenities is the leading predictor of whether people walk".
What does that mean to La Mesa home owners? According to the folks at Walk Score, "CEOs for Cities just released a study based on data from Walk Score and ZipRealty that shows one point of Walk Score is worth as much as $3,000 of home value, depending on the metro area".
So, what type of score does La Mesa have? My office is at 8341 Lemon Ave in La Mesa (Downtown La Mesa). My address gets a Walk Score of 95 out of 100, categorized as a "walker's paradise" because it is so close to almost anything I could want.
My office also has a 95 in the Transit Score, saying it's a "rider's paradise".
La Mesa Homes For Sale And The Market
Not every address in La Mesa is going to score that high. Places in Mount Helix won't be as walkable as places in downtown La Mesa. Every area will be different.
The point is when buying or selling a home you should know how walkable your home is. It could add or subtract value.
Go to my website and plug in your address (On home page of my site) to see what your walk score is.
Check out the 1st blog in La Mesa Homes For Sale And The Market series.
Also, get the skinny on your home by requesting a comparative market analysis (It's free).
God Bless
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