smart MOVES
Today’s buyers want move-in-ready homes, and a new survey
points to exactly what that means.
More than 70 percent of buyers want a move-in-ready home,
and that ultimately breaks down to a home that has updated heating and cooling
and an updated kitchen and bathroom (more than 80 percent expect those features
to qualify as move-in ready) and they want new appliances (74 percent). To a
lesser but still notable degree, buyers feel a move-in-ready home has
smart-home technology installed (44 percent). Additionally, 57 percent of those
buyers that want a move-in-ready home would consider an older home updated with
smart-home technology. Apparently,
survey respondents want the technology, but they really don’t want to sift
through the options and install it themselves. Thirty-six percent of all
respondents believe that having smart technology is a major selling point when
buying a home, but 32 percent feel they are too intimidated to install it
themselves.
And while the
millennial generation certainly leans hardest toward this technology with 61
percent interested in it, 52 percent of Gen Xers and 50 percent of baby boomers
do as well.
Taking that
first leap and making the investment in smart home technology may wind up being
an investment in your home’s value or salability.
For other home selling tips
or suggestions, contact Vikki Crossland or Brandi
Cook of the Aiken HOMES Team at MEYBOHM REALTORS who are Certified Residential
Specialists or your favorite Realtor®.
