A lighter one. Real estate is full of odd history and strange details that have nothing to do with square footage or interest rates, and a few of them turn out to be worth money.
Some of what the piece covers
Why so many older homes have brass doorknobs, and why that is not purely a design choice. Brass, along with copper and silver, is oligodynamic, meaning it kills bacteria and viruses on contact over a few hours. The hardware on a hundred year old front door was doing a job nobody advertised.
There is also the front door colour finding, which is the one that could actually save or make you money. Data suggests homes with black or charcoal grey front doors sell for measurably more than comparable homes with other colours, which makes a can of paint one of the better returns in residential real estate.
Why it is worth reading
Most of the article is genuinely just interesting, and one item in it is a cheap, specific action a seller can take before listing. That is a reasonable trade for a few minutes.
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