The Relationship Between Size and Performance", by Edwin Elton, Martin Gruber and Christopher Blake Liquidity, Investment Style and the Relation between Fund Size and Fund Performance", by Xuemin Yan"How Much Does Size Erode Mutual Fund Performance?
HOW MUCH: $250,000 SIZE: 1,452 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $172.17 SETTING: This 1938 cottage is in a residential neighborhood on the banks of the Manatee River.
WHAT: A two-bedroom one-bath adobe HOW MUCH: $350,000 SIZE: 1,000 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $350 SETTING: Cerrillos, population 250, is 15 miles south of Santa Fe.
HOW MUCH: $879,000 SIZE: 1,560 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $563.46 SETTING: This building -- an 1861 church converted to a residence in 1963 and renovated in 2005 -- is set on a hill about two miles from Woodstock's center.
WHAT: A three-bedroom two-and-a-half-bath contemporary on the north bank of the Colorado River HOW MUCH: $975,000 SIZE: 2,850 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $342.10 SETTING: The surrounding area is mixed use.
WHAT: A three-bedroom house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright HOW MUCH: $1.39 million SIZE: 1,950 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $713 SETTING: The house is on a leafy residential street within walking distance of Lake Sammamish, about 15 miles from Seattle.
HOW MUCH: $169,000 SIZE: About 1,300 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $130 SETTING: The house is in a neighborhood called Roebuck Springs, which is about 10 minutes northeast of downtown Birmingham.
HOW MUCH: $510,000 SIZE: 2,700 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $188.89 SETTING: This house — originally a trolley depot built in 1909 — is in Grant Park, a historic neighborhood just outside downtown Atlanta.
HOW MUCH: $310,000 SIZE: 1,845 square feet PER SQUARE FOOT: $168.02 SETTING: This house is in Barrio Santa Rosa, a residential neighborhood where early-20th-century adobe homes, paddle cactus and mesquite trees line narrow streets.
WHAT: A five-bedroom four-bath house HOW MUCH: $995,000 SIZE: 4,593 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $217 SETTING: Charlottesville, in central Virginia, is home to the University of Virginia.
