I keep seeing granite countertops listed on real-estate listings, home improvement/remodeling project ads, etc. Why is this particular amenity so popular and considered such a plus? What are the alternatives and why are they inferior (at least, inferior enough not to be explicitly mentioned like granite countertops are)?
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There are very particular reasons why real estate listings specifically mention granite countertops. It’s written about in Freakonomics.
The word ‘granite’ is correlated with a higher sale price. The other canonical examples being ‘Corian’, ‘maple’, ‘State-of-the-Art’ and ‘Gourmet’.
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