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Homes for sale are 'great' in Miami, 'large' in Dallas, and 'new' in Boston

Posted on July 01, 2008

The most popular adjective in real estate listings is (to amplify on my headline) great in Miami; large in Dallas, Orange County, Calif., and San Francisco; and new in Boston, Chicago, San Jose, St. Louis, and Washington. Nice is used almost exclusively for houses selling for $250,000, while gourmet is saved for homes costing $1 million and up. Oh, and beautiful is used most often in Miami.These are some of the results of a survey of real estate listings by Roost, an online search engines for homes for sale. (To see more on the survey, click here.)For the country as a whole, here a...

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