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the-10-must-have-features-in-todays-new-homes.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

This Year's 10 "Must Have" Home Features
What features will make a home move?
Paul Cardis, CEO of AVID Ratings Co. has recently released the results of their annual home-buyer preference survey and revealed 10 "must have" features in a new home.
Here's the "short list" of findings from AVID's survey:
1. Large kitchen with an island
2. Energy efficient appliances, insulation, and windows
3. Home office / study
4. Main-floor master suite
5. Outdoor living room
6. Ceiling fans
7. Master suite soaker tubs
8. Stone and brick exteriors
9. Community landscaping, including walking paths & playgrounds
10. Two-car garages
You should definitely check out the entire article, as written by Steve Kerch for MarketWatch, to learn the logic behind these current buyer preferences:
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108701/the-10-must-have-features-in-todays-new-homes.html


Many of the homes the Dowell Taggart Team markets in Kansas City have many of the items on this 10 "must have" features list.

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Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates

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