Expert: Dome Homes a Good Investment

Carol Lanham • Published September 8, 2010 4:33pm • In The Media

StockMarketsReview.com provides news coverage, analysis and research of world stock markets, commodities and currencies. The site also publishes articles provided by experts of leading brokerage and investment companies.

In a recent post on the site’s real estate blog, one of these experts wrote about the growing popularity of dome homes.

For his entry, Frank Anton, who helps run the popular real estate and mortgage rates section of Rates.Banks.com described the various types of dome homes currently on the market. Not surprisingly, first on his list was Monolithic Domes.

“The Monolithic dome home is strong, fire resistant, and ready to face the worst element nature brings.” He went on to explain that California is one of the states where interest in dome homes is on the rise, adding “The geometric architecture of a dome home is visually pleasing and the depending upon the type of construction, they can be resistant to wind, storm, earthquake, and insect damage.”

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Expert: Dome Homes a Good Investment

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