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Will Home Services Finally Catapult the Smart Home Into the Mass Market?

Parks Associates indicates that 32 percent of homeowners with dwellings of 3,000 square feet or more own a smart home product — yet less than 20 percent of total households nationwide have smart home products. Based on these statistics, many pundits still suggest that smart home technologies have been a solution searching for a problem.

From the article "Will Home Services Finally Catapult the Smart Home Into the Mass Market?" by Nate Williams.

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