Comments on: Brand-name houses?! http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/07/12/brand-name-houses/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/07/12/brand-name-houses/comment-page-1/#comment-75051 Chris Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:34:58 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/07/12/brand-name-houses/#comment-75051 Martha also gets to showcase her products in the model home. She licenses a ton of products, so she's getting quite a bit of advertising here as well. A house based on a fad, or a celebrity, isn't going to retain extra value. It will be priced the same as the non-Martha homes around it after the initial sale. People are just throwing their money away to be trendy. A few quotes in the MSN article show how crazy people can be over fads. "Martha Stewart" everything? Come on! Martha also gets to showcase her products in the model home. She licenses a ton of products, so she’s getting quite a bit of advertising here as well.

A house based on a fad, or a celebrity, isn’t going to retain extra value. It will be priced the same as the non-Martha homes around it after the initial sale. People are just throwing their money away to be trendy.

A few quotes in the MSN article show how crazy people can be over fads. “Martha Stewart” everything? Come on!

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