Real Estate Marketing & Beyond
An overwhelming 94 percent of home buyers and renters surveyed by the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy (NISLAPP) say they are less interested and would pay less for a property located near a cell tower or antenna.
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What's more, of the 1,000 survey respondents, 79 percent said that under no circumstances would they ever purchase or rent a property within a few blocks of a cell tower or antennas, and almost 90 percent said they were concerned about the increasing number of cell towers and antennas in their residential neighborhood.
The survey, “Neighborhood Cell Towers & Antennas—Do They Impact a Property’s Desirability?” also found that properties where a cell tower or group of antennas are placed on top of or attached to a building (condominium high-rise, for instance) is problematic for buyers.
“A study of real estate sales prices would be beneficial at this time in the Unites States to determine what discounts home buyers are currently placing on properties near cell towers and antennas,” says Jim Turner, chair of NISLAPP.
The NISLAPP survey echoes the findings of a study by Sandy Bond of the New Zealand Property Institute and past president of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES).
"The Impact of Cell Phone Towers on House Prices in Residential Neighborhoods," which was published in The Appraisal Journal in 2006, found that buyers would pay as much as 20 percent less for a property near a cell tower or antenna.
I think should not be so be realalistic about the towers, why do you think a company would want to spend $250,000 min on something that don't need. If you have a cell phone and use it and it works well, stop using it and they won't need to build it. Sounds simple...