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Impacts on Property Values

Assessing the Impact of Local Historic Districts on Property Values in Greensboro, North Carolina (1994)
www.preservationbooks.org/
This study may be downloaded for a nominal fee from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values: An Analysis of Texas Cities (2000)
geography.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/leichenko/leichenko_coulson_listokin2001.pdf
A 15-page study. Key chapter/section titles:
"Empirical Studies of Historic Designation and Property Values"; "Data"; "Modeling Approach"; "Empirical Results"

Historic Districts Are Good for Your Pocketbook: The Impacts of Local Historic Districts on House Prices in South Carolina(2000)
www.state.sc.us/scdah/propval.pdf
An 11-page, illustrated study. Key chapter/section titles:
"Study Results: Columbia"; "Study Results: Beaufort"; "Study Results: Greenville"; "Study Results: Aiken, Anderson, Georgetown, Rock Hill, Summerville, and Sumter"

The Impact of Historic Districts on Residential Property Values [New York City] (2003)
www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/ (follow "Publications" link)
A 10-page report. Key chapter/section titles:
"The Data"; "Overall Trends in Class One Housing Prices in New York City"; "Statistical Models of Housing Prices"; "Model I: Dummy Variable for Inclusion in Historic Districts"; "Model II: Time Trend Variables."

Property Value Appreciation for Historic Districts in Alabama (2002)
http://www.ncshpo.org/current/pdfinitiatives/Alabama.pdf
A 36–page report that analyzes appreciation of property values in seven historic districts in Alabama.

Use It or Lose It (1996)
www.preservationbooks.org/
This report focuses on how official Federal, State, and local historic landmark or landmark district designation affects commercial property values. It may be downloaded for a nominal fee from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

More Studies:

General Studies
Statewide Studies
General Community and Resource Studies
Impacts of Historic Designation
Impacts of Preservation Tax Credits

Posted October 9, 2008

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