Abstract
We examined the relationship between urban trees and the sales price of single-family homes in Tampa, Florida. We chose Tampa, because the city is facing major redevelopment pressure that may impact the association between trees and house price. In particular, a frequently voiced view in Tampa’s development community is that trees adversely affect the value of houses that are being sold for redevelopment. We estimated hedonic models of sales price controlling for house and neighborhood characteristics and correcting for spatial autocorrelation (n = 1,924). We found that trees within 152m (500 feet) of a house’s lot were significantly associated with higher sales prices. Specifically, a 1-percentage point increase in tree-canopy cover was associated with a total increase in sales price of $9,271 to $9,836 (results were largely insensitive to correction for spatial autocorrelation). Our results demonstrate that, even in a city facing major redevelopment pressure, trees are associated with higher sales prices.
Highlights
• Trees on or right next to a house’s lot are not associated with higher sales price.
• In contrast, houses with more neighborhood trees sell for a price premium.
• Despite redevelopment pressure, trees are a neighborhood amenity.
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by Geoffrey H. Donovan 1, Shawn Landry 2 and Cody Winter 3
1. USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, 620 SW Main, Suite 502, Portland, OR, 97205, USA
2. University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, 4202 E Fowler Ave., NES107, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
3. Environmental Protection Commission, 3629 Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, FL, 33619, USA
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening via Elsevier Science Direct www.ScienceDirect.com
Volume 38; February, 2019; Pages 330-336
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