This statistic depicts the home improvement projects peformed by U.S. residents in order to save money in 2012. According to the Merrill Edge Report, 36 percent of the respondents indicated that in order to bolster their savings, they performed yard work/gardening projects themselves rather than hiring someone.
In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money?
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Bank of America. (April 18, 2012). In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America. "In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money?." Chart. April 18, 2012. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America. (2012). In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America. "In The past Year, Which Home Improvement Projects Have You Done Yourself in Order to save Money?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/
Bank of America, In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
In the past year, which home improvement projects have you done yourself in order to save money? [Graph], Bank of America, April 18, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/239973/home-improvement-projects-peformed-by-us-residents-in-order-to-save-money/