Young Couples Buy Homes Ahead of Time in Boom
Chicago report from the National Association of Real Estate Boards notes that purchases by young married couples, 25 to 31 years old, are rising. President Maurice G. Read cites factors such as lower payments, longer mortgage terms, smaller equity, and higher starting salaries as enabling more young families to own homes earlier. Between 1959 and 1964, over a million families under 30 used FHA financing to buy homes.
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Chicago
Maurice G. Read
Berkeley
Calif
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Rooftop Beauty Roofscaping Gains Popularity Nationwide
Rooftop beauty projects are expanding as the American Association of Nurserymen notes growing interest in transforming rooftops. Trees shrubs pools and garden features are turning rooftops into attractive spaces on apartment buildings offices and garages nationwide.
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American Association of Nurserymen
More Room Better Construction Drive Buyer's Market
An indicator of affluence, the rise in new home size, price and features continues as buyers demand roomier, fancier, better built houses. Median price hits 20600 while land and labor costs rise, and homeowners seek family rooms, fireplaces, built-in ovens, carpeting and soundproofing. Many buyers now own homes, trading up from smaller postwar houses due to equity and income growth.
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America
Noah Sadler
Allied Chemical
Barrett
Sadler
Aterials
Athol Doctor Dalton Nurse To Oversee Lee Home Care
Dr Francis A Reynolds of Athol will take a personal interest in the Lee Nursing Home, one of six homes he co-owns with Judge John A Barry and Abraham Levinsky. Barry presides over Adams District Court, Levinsky is a fur dealer, and Mrs Eleanor LeBlanc will manage the home. Reynolds also serves on surgical staffs at several hospitals and has long local practice.
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Francis A. Reynolds
Athol
New Lee Nursing Home, Inc
Nursing Home
Reynolds
John A. Barry
Pittsfield
Abraham Levinsky
Orange
Berkshire Nursing Home, Inc
Worcester County
Farren Memorial Hospital
Montague
Athol Memorial Hospital
Henry Hayward
Barry
Adams District Court
Eleanor C. LeBlanc
Los Angeles Leads U S in New Home Construction in 1964
The Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranked No 1 in the nation for new housing units authorized in 1964, accounting for about 905000 of 1.3 million nationwide. New York City was second and Washington DC third as central city shares declined overall.
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U. S
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Bureau of the Census
New York City
Washington, D.C
Boston
Aluminum screening preferred by most consumers in survey
The Insect Wire Screening Bureau reports seven of eight consumers favor aluminum wire screening in a nationwide poll. Lead reasons include it does not rot resists sun fade and dust is not attracted to it.
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Insect Wire Screening Bureau
New England February construction contracts surge double
February totals reached 110.47 million, a 100 percent rise from a year earlier, driven by residential building and nonbuilding work. Residential contracts rose to 41.97 million, with apartments and dormitories up though one family houses dipped. Nonbuilding work climbed to 22.14 million, while nonresidential contracts fell 5 percent to 34.36 million due to declines in educational, hospital, and religious projects.
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Boston
New England
John Davidson
F. W. Dodge Co
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Dodge
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Luminall
Berkshire Wallpaper & Paint CO
North St
Kolman
Dalton
Lee Home
Catherine LeBlanc
Los Angeles
Aluminum
Geneva
Western Mass
Prospect Street
Lee
Berkshire County
Wessorng Mass
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