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原帖由 Z 于 2007-11-20 14:52 发表 
* V$ o9 P" M5 X4 f. a$ h从长远看,紫光是对的。普通人的房子势必越来越小。/ Q6 J6 [& J) `; h5 K
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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。 " L7 ^2 r: I" H, c
& K" l v0 j% ^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?, k; C8 w( g' M' N8 ]
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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.
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The 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.”1 s. Y- l( b5 o2 i5 i( {$ M
4 |5 x3 t4 R) p+ }4 j! ?# HThe 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 2005.3 I6 S2 q4 b' B; r$ l0 {
0 n) y: i4 r0 yThe 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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