House lust
Subtitle: America's obsession with our homes
By: Daniel McGinn
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Currency Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780385519298
Subjects: Home -- United States -- Psychological aspects; Homeowners -- United States -- Psychology; Home ownership -- United States
Description: In House Lust, Newsweek's Daniel McGinn travels the country to explore the roots of this mania. Even as the real estate boom has turned to bust, Americans remain obsessed with houses--many of us are still trading up, adding on, or doubling down to buy vacation property. But for others, this zeal for housing has carried a painful price, one that's evident in the soaring foreclosure rates and mounting despair as millions of homeowners (and their lenders) realize they've stretched too far to buy the home of their dreams.--From amazon.com
Notes: Includes index
Table of contents: title: Mine's bigger than yours: Potomac, Maryland; title: That new house smell: Las Vegas, Nevada; title: Fix-up fever: Newton, Massachusetts; title: Why we like to watch: New York City; title: Searching for cash flow: Pocatello, Idaho; title: Welcome to the jungle: New Orleans, Louisiana; title: Doubling down: Naples, Florida; title: Epilogue