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Show Important for House to Fit Neighborhood Dwellings well suited to their sites and to the neighborhood will have a market value corresponding to their original cost, contends the latest of a series of articles on "Looking Into Ileal Estate," published by the Na tional Association of Real Estate Hoards. "Houses should fit the neighborhood neighbor-hood in which they are built If maximum max-imum values are to be secured from residential real estate sites," the article reads in part. '"The home builder will do well to look over the other homes In the neighborhood in which he is contemplating construction, construc-tion, aud see that his home conforms to the general cost level of the other structures if he wishes to make best use of his land. "In determining what In technical languigo is called the highest and best use for commercial property, consideration Is given to the kind of structure that, will produce the largest larg-est income. In general this rule holds true for residential property also; but in the case of a dwelling this in-j in-j come is figured in terms of satisfac- (ion and enjoyment, and not in money, unless or until the home owner thinks about reselling. Then the kind of a house that has been put on the land from the point of view of the ether fellow becomes very important." |