A new study suggests touting these property upgrades in your listing description to achieve a quicker sale:
Vanity lighting, butcher block countertops and electric vehicle chargers are home features to rave about, according to a new study from Frontdoor, a home maintenance company. Researchers honed in on about 100 trending home features and identified listings with these items to see if those homes tended to sell faster.
Their findings can help you see what’s resonating with home buyers so you can tout certain features in your listing descriptions and show them off in your photos. Here’s a roundup of the top home features that Frontdoor researchers identified.
Key Findings
Homes with Vanity Lighting sell in an average of 44 days, the quickest of any feature. Vanity Lighting is the greatest selling point of all — and better still, it’s a feature you can achieve as a DIY project. This type of wall fixture illuminates your face while shaving, applying cosmetics, flossing and so on — but done well, vanity lighting can also add shape and atmosphere to the room. It can be quite straightforward to upgrade existing vanity lights using home tools and basic supplies.
The most attractive feature in the kitchen is a Butcher Block — homes with this feature sell in 49 days on average. The most effective kitchen detail for a quick home sale is a Butcher Block. A wooden butcher block countertop or standalone block gives a kitchen a sense of&timeless farmhouse style. It feels traditional yet guarantees years of endurance. Not only is a butcher block durable but it can be maintained and refurbished more easily than other surface types (as long as your buyer is comfortable with it looking a little weatherworn along the way).
Open Shelving (47 days) is the most attractive feature to add to a living room. Exposed Brick Walls are used “as a selling point by real estate agents everywhere,” claims the New York Times, to “add texture, character and a sense of history to a home.” However, the success of this aesthetic depends very much on the type of brick and the broader style of the room, with rustic or contemporary industrial looks making a better fit.
The green feature that sells homes quickest is an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger (50 days). Responsible consumers are increasingly thinking green when making a purchase, and that includes the biggest buy they may ever make: a home. The most alluring green feature is an EV (electric vehicle) charger, which offers immediate benefits to electric car owners while offsetting the worry that they will eventually need to fit one.
Thoughtful Renovations
Selling a home can be a long and emotional process, and trying to predict the market is never a guaranteed means of hastening a sale or boosting your home’s price. However, with imagination and love, the home improvements you prioritize may well resonate with buyers who sense the care and practical thinking embedded in your property.