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Finance
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Chapter 14 of the New Urbanism Best Practices Guide

Finance is a challenge for New Urbanism, in part because a mix of uses and a variety of housing types generate more variables — which are often equated with higher risk. Complexity also means diversity, however, and diversity is a proven way to manage risk. This chapter examines finance and investment in new urban communities from varying perspectives — those of developers, investors, governments, and individuals.

Investing for the long-term
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New Urban News Article with graphs, 9/1/03
Real estate finance expert suggests that new urbanists increase equity and reduce conventional debt to reap the advantage of greater eventual appreciation.
Christopher Leinberger of Arcadia Land Co., a leading new urbanist finance theorist, believes that financial returns from new urban communities lag behind conventional suburban development (CSD) in the first few years. But if done right, those new urban developments will greatly outstrip CSD in the long term, he says.