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New Trends in Real Estate

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Sonja Babic/PRIME Realty NC, LLC 228835

New trends will reshape tastes in homes and transform how you buy and sell, experts say. So what will the housing market of the future look like?


Smaller houses. In a February survey of potential home buyers by the National Association of Home Builders, 60 percent said they would rather have a smaller house with more amenities than vice versa. "In the past, people would say 'Give me space and I'll add the features later,'. Newly built houses will have layouts that can "live bigger" than their square footage would suggest, with rooms that can do double duty, experts say, and we will see more and more nice upgrades. Materials are getting better, consumers have more choices and we are learning that quality equals durability.

 

 

 

 

Consumers are as well more energy conscious as we are seeing that its possible to cut your energy bill's in half and that is leading to better / smarter construction and appliances.

Am I missing something? What are you experience in your area?

 

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Stanton Homes
Stanton Homes - New Home Builder - Raleigh, NC
Design/Build Custom Home Builder in North Carolina

Sonja - We think Energy Star homes will become more and more desirable.   They save 17-25% on energy costs versus a typical home, plus in our area the energy companies offer an additional 5% discount on energy, EVERY MONTH!  And the 1100 homes certified through just one company in NC in 2007 saved an estimated 430,000 pounds of coal.   Talk about saving long term resources as well!

May 14, 2008 11:41 PM
Valerie Osterhoudt
Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT
ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Sonja, With the push this day and age to go *GREEN*, I ,too, see more and more people heading in this direction, especially since it will save them money.  Also smaller homes mean less in taxes.. this is an issue I am facing we 3 of my buyers.

May 14, 2008 11:48 PM
Gary McAdams
GMAC Schwartz Property Sales - Key West, FL

It seems GREEN housing is not only a house trend.  The world is going green and it is great.

May 14, 2008 11:57 PM
Sonja Babic
Sonja Babic/PRIME Realty NC, LLC - New Bern, NC
New Bern NC, PRIME Realty NC, LLC

   Penny I am all for it and I thinking pollution as well. You might believe in global warming or not but pollution is here. And I am very concerned about quality of our food and water.

    Valerie I think with the size part of it is this foreclosure scare buyers are more careful and I am very pleased to see that

May 14, 2008 11:57 PM
Sonja Babic
Sonja Babic/PRIME Realty NC, LLC - New Bern, NC
New Bern NC, PRIME Realty NC, LLC

Yes Gary! And it was about time hope we will see more and more of it.

May 14, 2008 11:58 PM
Stanton Homes
Stanton Homes - New Home Builder - Raleigh, NC
Design/Build Custom Home Builder in North Carolina

Valerie - in our area, property taxes are based on the assessed value of the home, rather than square footage.   So reducing square footage but increasing the luxuriousness of the interior and exterior finishes will not result in any tax savings for homebuyers here, unless the overall goal is to purchase smaller homes at a lower cost - which will mean limiting the costs of the upgrades.

May 15, 2008 12:00 AM
Sonja Babic
Sonja Babic/PRIME Realty NC, LLC - New Bern, NC
New Bern NC, PRIME Realty NC, LLC

Yes Penny, but smaller home gets us back to lower energy expenses as well as upkeep.

May 15, 2008 12:04 AM