5 MARKET, PLACE, INTERFACE: DATA IN THE CULTURE OF REAL ESTATE

I live on the Eastside of Atlanta, Georgia, where I cannot go a single block without seeing a “for sale” sign. Many of the single-family bungalows on the market in this area are gut rehabs, bought on the cheap and flipped for a profit by independent speculators or major investment firms on Wall Street.
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These homes are practically new-all but for the most foundational elements, a footprint or facade, which are required to preserve generous zoning laws concerning the size and placement of the house. On abundant empty lots or at the site of teardowns, newly constructed houses (often two or more times the size of surrounding dwellings) are springing up, outfitted and priced to sell to a new affluent population flooding the “Intown” neighborhoods of the city.
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