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What home improvements are worth it?
7 Projects That Add Value to Your Home
- Remodeling the Kitchen. Most people consider the kitchen to be the heart of the home, and because of this, updates in this room pay off.
- Bathroom Addition.
- Reinventing a Room.
- Adding Energy-Efficient Windows.
- Deck Addition.
- Energy-Efficient Insulation.
- Basic Updates.
2022 Real Estate industry trends
Helping consumers make an informed choice
Lighting and Storage: Underrated Housing Design Opportunities
Lighting and storage showed up unexpectedly in 5 of our 11 recent consumer home design surveys.
Lighting
Builders, designers, and architects need to focus more on lighting for these 4 reasons:
1. Home offices need great light. Consumers asked for more natural light, better window placement (not behind the desk), and/or improved artificial lighting.
2. Bathroom lighting needs to be fantastic. Great lighting is a favorite feature of 1 in 5 homeowners—the second highest ranking bathroom element, after the shower.
3. Smart-tech lighting has a huge adoption potential. 52% of homeowners say they would buy smart lighting products now or in the future.
4. Thoughtful lighting promotes health, from mental health to better sleep. 76% of consumers focus more on their health today than they did one year ago, and great sleep has become a significant trend.
For architects, we suggest devoting even more attention to home placement and layouts, both of which play a role in natural lighting.
For lighting companies, we suggest creating more “value line” lighting products. Value engineering is on the rise and architectural designers prioritize look and feel when selecting lighting.
Storage
Builders, designers, and architects need to focus more on great storage for these 3 reasons:
1. Bathroom storage can make or break the sale. A lack of sufficient storage rises to the top of the “dealbreakers” list for all life stages except Mature Singles and Couples, who deemed storage less troublesome than the lack of a walk-in shower.
2. Kitchen storage has become more critical. When asked what advice they would give to someone designing a kitchen, homeowners’ #1 tip was to include enough storage.
3. Home offices need more storage too. Homeowners cite discontent with their home workspace when there is not sufficient storage space to pack everything up at the end of the day or keep a clean background for video calls.
Inventory Vanishing and Bidding Wars Exploding in Crazy U.S. Housing Market - 2022 is already off to a wild start
If you wanted to buy a home in 2021, you probably found it a frustrating experience, rife with a shortage of options, and intense bidding wars. Well? Bad news: So far, things are even hotter in 2022. So what's going on? Where are all the homes disappearing to? Why is there nothing for sale? Why are people happy to place higher and higher bids? On this episode we speak with Mike Simonsen, the CEO and founder of the real estate data provider Altos Research, to explain the acute and long-term trends driving the market..
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