Property Value

Do Cell Tower Sites Impact Home Values? No.

Valbridge Property Advisors conducted a study to see if the wireless towers contributed to a value in property values. 
Four Studies were done in Boston, Phoenix, Dallas, and Raleigh. 
Cell tower sites do potentially effect “desirability” which has been noted by many real estate agents. 
However statistically speaking there is no effect on actual property values. Read more here.
 

Dallas

In Dallas, for homes in the .25 to 1.00-mile radius, there was no measurable difference. Out of 33 paired sales in five sub-areas, 20 pairings indicated higher values for those sales within the 0.25- mile sphere of influence, while 12 pairings indicated lower values and one indicated no difference. Overall, Dallas shows no measurable difference. The data indicates cell towers do not have a negative impact on property values within a .25-mile radius of cell towers.

Boston

The Boston study revealed 10 of 22 pairings of home sales with higher sale prices within the 0.25- mile sphere of influence, 11 of 22 pairings with lower home prices, and one pairing indicating no difference. The data indicates cell towers do not have a negative impact on property values within a .25-mile radius of cell towers. Overall, the measurable difference is less than 1% in both the increasing and decreasing home price indications.

Phoenix

There were 37 paired sales in the Phoenix market, and 20 of the pairings indicated increased home prices within the 0.25% sphere of influence while seventeen of the 37 pairings indicated decreased home prices. Four of the five sub-areas studied had no measurable difference and one sub-area had a nominal difference.

Raleigh

In Raleigh, fourteen of 22 pairings indicated higher home prices within the 0.25-mile sphere of influence while eight of 22 indicated slightly decreased home prices. Overall, the average and median prices increased in four of the five sub-area and one sub-area indicated no measurable difference. The data indicates cell towers do not have a negative impact on property values within a .25-mile radius of cell towers. Overall, the measurable difference is less than 1% in both the increasing and decreasing home price indications.