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原帖由 Z 于 2007-11-20 14:52 发表 $ e0 m' `! z: M% E( \5 a
从长远看,紫光是对的。普通人的房子势必越来越小。
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不过这是个漫长过程,就像全球变暖,海面升高一样。几年范围的波动还体现不出来,住在荷兰的人还没那么急着逃离。 ) |& A. f+ |1 b# m6 B* K$ B
; l1 m/ m. p* U实际上, 房子是越造越大, 你比较以下新房子和老房子, 就很容易得出结论了. 你觉得你会住一个比你的父母的小的房子吗?, n1 m- f' u7 b
) ]8 f# G/ F% f; l$ M3 O: {: s当然了, 在短期内, 因为房价泡沫, 人们可能会买小一点的房子,正如紫光所说. 但是泡沫破后, 人们还是愿意买大房子的.. u3 B# \4 e) s* u; N0 E
8 g: a/ b8 l: p5 Y( ~7 Q. U" Z* KThe average size of a new home climbed to a record high last year, according to annual data on new-home characteristics released by the U.S. Census Bureau last month, and in terms of amenities the distance between homes built today and homes built 30 years ago continued to widen.
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“Between 1975 and 2005, the portion of new homes built with central air conditioning has risen 43%, while the portion of homes built with fewer than two bathrooms has fallen from 41% to just 4%,” noted Jerry Howard, executive vice president and CEO of NAHB. “Meanwhile, the share of newly built homes with four or more bedrooms has risen steadily from 21% three decades ago to just shy of 40% last year.”
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The statistics, along with NAHB research on several additional trends, provide a snapshot of changing aspects of home design over the past 30 years, including the continued expansion of new-home size through 2005./ J9 }# A* t* H9 }& h+ C! i
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The average floor area in a newly built home last year reached an all-time high of 2,434 square feet — up from an average 2,349 square feet in 2004 and just 1,645 square feet in 1975. The Northeast had the largest average new-home size for any region last year, at 2,556 square feet. New homes in the Midwest had the smallest square footage, with an average of 2,310 square feet. |
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