NOT YOUR PARENTS' HOME

“Generation X homebuyers consider themselves deserving of luxury items, and they are not afraid to spend money on them,” said Mark Delaney of The NPD Group at this year’s IBS. When you consider that there are more than 120 million homebuyers in the 20- through...

WHAT THE AVERAGE HOMEBUYER WANTS

Two recent consumer surveys shed light on what housing features are important to today’s homeowners. The bottom line? An inviting space that can adapt to rapidly changing lifestyles. According to an NAHB consumer preference survey conducted last year, consumers still...

TWO-CAR GARAGE . . . AT LEAST

People may be paying more at the gas pumps these days, but, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), that has not kept oversized garages from being a high priority among homebuyers. Since the last survey in 2004, oversized garages...