tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725743381494749667.post3669130555936077212..comments2024-03-09T11:48:19.964-08:00Comments on Kit House Hunters: Revisiting the History of the Final Years of Sears Roebuck's Modern Homes ProgramKit House Huntershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02724539014570751839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725743381494749667.post-18895134987389595342022-09-17T06:26:06.091-07:002022-09-17T06:26:06.091-07:00Re-reading this article today, in 2022, I applaud ...Re-reading this article today, in 2022, I applaud how well you have explained this, providing primary-source support for your facts. Your 2020 update gives even more information: http://kithousehunters.blogspot.com/2020/10/how-many-sears-houses-1940-1942.htmlSearsHouseSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725743381494749667.post-10969373888433785432018-01-27T09:21:39.689-08:002018-01-27T09:21:39.689-08:00Thanks for posting this, Andrew. It got me thinkin...Thanks for posting this, Andrew. It got me thinking more about the Sears Home Club Plans. I think they got into that way of selling to keep costs down, as you said. I also think the developments eliminated the uncertainty of their customers getting FHA financing for individual houses. The developments as a whole were already FHA approved.<br /><br />It's funny that many people have heard of Levittown but no one hears about Sears, who pioneered that way of selling homes a decade earlier. Sears Homes of Chicagolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852344154514348451noreply@blogger.com