Home Improvement Spending Habits That Might Surprise You

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We've always been curious as to how much people spend on home improvement projects and today FIXR released a great graphic of data pulled from The American Housing Survey, US Census, National Bureau of Economic Research and the Joint Center of Housing Studies of Harvard University.

We're surprised that room additions and alterations ranked much higher than kitchen and bath remodels in both annual spent per year and home improvement budgets.

Check out the full graphic.

 
 
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How americans spend their money on diy home improvement
Source: Fixr

 

  • This is my very first time I have visited this site. I found plenty of interesting stuff within your blog.
  • It is a general fact that home improvement can tremendously increase the face value of your home. However, before making these improvements, you should check out first if the cost can actually bring you a profitable return.
  • you've got many work to do here... I think Americans really spend a lot in DIY
  • it's because people try to add more than what they already have. we want to upgrade everything we have.
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