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Marquette University

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

1999

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Valuing The New Urbanism: The Case Of Kentlands, Charles C. Tu, Mark Eppli Sep 1999

Valuing The New Urbanism: The Case Of Kentlands, Charles C. Tu, Mark Eppli

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

This study assesses the impact of new urbanism on single-family home prices. Specifically, we use Duany and Plater-Zyberk's traditional neighborhood development (TND) of Kentlands and surrounding conventional subdivisions to estimate the premium, if any, that single-family homeowners are willing to pay to reside in a community with new urbanist features. Using data on 2,061 single-family home transactions and several hedonic price models, the empirical evidence reveals that consumers are willing to pay a premium to locate in Kentlands.