Case studies · Research
One town’s 2021 records, tested against the demolitions of 2022 to 2024
The study scored a ranking, built from one coastal Massachusetts town’s records as they stood at the end of 2021, against the three years after, which the ranking could not have seen; it put 31 of the 72 homes demolished in its top tenth. On home sales the same test did no better than a rule of thumb, and the study says so.
Homes demolished from 2022 to 2024, by their place in the 2021 ranking; the tallest bar is the top tenth.
The result on teardowns and on sales
31 of 72homes demolished from 2022 to 2024, placed in the ranking’s top tenth
63 of 72placed in its top half
Saleswithheld until the ranking does better than counting the years since a home last sold
How far the study’s claim reaches
The test covers one town, one date and 72 demolitions, and the claim reaches no further; any town may ask for the list of the 72 homes and check the run itself.
Ask for this test on your town’s records.
A founder reads it and replies; the first run comes from your town’s own records, before any contract.