Why bigger isn’t better when buying a house
There's plenty of evidence that it's not a great investment — and may even be a bad one in a recession.
For many Americans, a house is a place to lay your head, plant your petunias and evict your raccoons. For many people, it's their biggest investment, too.
But how good an investment is it? And when it comes to making a housing investment, is bigger necessarily better?
Many people hold to the beli
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