According to Business Insider, homes built in the U.S. today are bigger than they were before the housing market crashed.
The average square footage of newly constructed single-family homes increased to approximately 2,600 square-feet in 2014 compared to a low of 2,400 square-feet in 2011. The increase in average square footage has increased nearly 500 square-feet since 1990.
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