Thanksgiving’s favorite bird appeared in 14,000 real estate listings | Chappaqua Real Estate
In Pipe Creek, TX, turkeys trot across a prime building site at Latigo Ranch. In Plainview, IL, they can be hunted in the yard of a tasteful 3-bedroom, 3-bath home.
Forget the deer and the antelope. Thousands of listings on Zillow mention roaming turkeys as a countryside amenity. In this season of Thanksgiving tradition, Zillow researchers wanted to see what role turkeys were playing in the housing market.
The answer surprised us.
About 14,000 listings have made mention of turkeys since 2012, including homes on Turkey Street, Turkey Creek and other place-names.
About 10,000 of those listings are apparently making reference to actual birds, which roam wild in every state except Alaska. In raw numbers, the top turkey towns are in the Midwest. In Springfield, MO, 137 listings mentioned turkeys; 122 Kansas City, MO listings mentioned turkeys.
Many of the listings are lots for sale, where buyers can build a home from which to watch the turkeys gobble-gobble. Urban turkeys made appearances in listings in Detroit (92) and Chicago (88).
Missouri had the largest share of turkey listings, with six turkey mentions per 10,000 properties for sale. The fewest turkey listings were in Nevada, where non-native turkeys have recently become something of a menace, according to local news reports.
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http://www.zillow.com/blog/turkeys-listings-2014-164664/
Forget the deer and the antelope. Thousands of listings on Zillow mention roaming turkeys as a countryside amenity. In this season of Thanksgiving tradition, Zillow researchers wanted to see what role turkeys were playing in the housing market.
The answer surprised us.
About 14,000 listings have made mention of turkeys since 2012, including homes on Turkey Street, Turkey Creek and other place-names.
About 10,000 of those listings are apparently making reference to actual birds, which roam wild in every state except Alaska. In raw numbers, the top turkey towns are in the Midwest. In Springfield, MO, 137 listings mentioned turkeys; 122 Kansas City, MO listings mentioned turkeys.
Many of the listings are lots for sale, where buyers can build a home from which to watch the turkeys gobble-gobble. Urban turkeys made appearances in listings in Detroit (92) and Chicago (88).
Missouri had the largest share of turkey listings, with six turkey mentions per 10,000 properties for sale. The fewest turkey listings were in Nevada, where non-native turkeys have recently become something of a menace, according to local news reports.
read more...
http://www.zillow.com/blog/turkeys-listings-2014-164664/
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