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A Sears house today should cost $32,000. Why can’t you buy one?
From 1908 to 1940, Sears sold tens of thousands of its kit houses, many of which are still in high demand today. When a $1.1 million Craftsman house in Boulder, Colorado, was first built in 1923, the materials came from a Sears catalog kit that cost $1,797, or the equivalent of around $32,000 today. …
Author: By Adele Peters
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