tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post6384768645117829188..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Montgomery County Median New Home Prices hit $1.1 MillionKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-67486424561605152162007-10-08T18:24:00.000-04:002007-10-08T18:24:00.000-04:00You gotta love planners and politicians. Somehow, ...You gotta love planners and politicians. Somehow, in the same breath and with a straight face, they are able to claim that they are "startled" by the high cost of housing in their county while also recommending an additional $31,000 tax on new construction. Where do they think that that money will come from? From the sales price of new homes perhaps? Duh. Real "Planning" requires more than the imposition of fees and knee-jerk reactions to NIMBY protests. Either allow higher-density development closer in or watch builders and buyers move to further-out burbs where they can afford to build and buy . . . then wave at them as they commute past your neighborhoods on already over-crowded roads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com