There has been a recent spate of home buying across the United States. One of the main drivers behind this home selling boom is that the pandemic has made people wary of congested living areas. Many people sought single-detached homes and real estate properties to better protect themselves from contagion.

Because of this surge, the average price of second-hand homes in the United States has risen considerably. According to experts, the average price of a pre-owned house was at $378,000 as of July 2021.

If you want to offload your real estate property for whatever reason, you may want to know what sort of features attracts buyers. The following are home features that attract buyers. Some of them are complicated and aren’t suited if you want to put you home for sale quickly.

Learning what features you can add can be helpful in ensuring your property doesn’t spend so long out in the market.

People are getting busier, and they want kitchens that reflect that fact. Dine-in or eat-in kitchens are areas that combined the cooking appliances and functionality of a regular kitchen with the comfort of a dining room.

This can be achieved by adding a recessed nook, freeing up the floor plan to accommodate a dining set or demolishing dividers between your kitchen and dining rooms.

Tile and faux wood countertops can be attractive, but they don’t have the durability of stone and similar natural materials. They can easily be chipped by heavy objects, stained by various liquids and damaged by cutting implements.

Natural stone counters made of marble and granite not only resist these types of damage but are also very handsome. Installing them can make your kitchen look more elegant as well.

One of the greatest luxuries in any home is a walk-in anything. This can be especially attractive to buyers who have only lived in cramped apartments or small duplexes. A walk-in pantry can make cooking easier since everything you need will be easy to access.

A walk-in closet in the master bedroom can solve all your storage woes and give you the floorspace you need to not only organize but showcase your wardrobe. You will need enough rooms and space in your property if you want to build a walk-in closet or pantry.

Shared bathrooms can be annoying, especially if you have to live with multiple people. This is why homes with adjoining or en suite baths are quickly snapped up. The convenience of having your own bathroom right in your bedroom cannot be overstated, but they do tend to be expensive renovations.

Be careful when considering adding an en suite bath as the cost of plumbing, tiling and other construction efforts can easily reduce the profit from your home’s sale.

Whenever you’re cooking, doesn’t it seem like there’s never enough flat surfaces to put down ingredients or pans on? A kitchen island is the best way to maximize surface area in your kitchen and give you more room to store appliances in. Depending on the construction materials of the rest of your home, the ideal kitchen island can be made of granite or be a simple wooden platform like a table.

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Be warned that installing a kitchen island capable of containing furniture like the garbage disposal or dishwasher can be more expensive because they require plumbing and electrical connectors.

Cold winter nights are the perfect time to snuggle under a blanket, but they’re even more comfortable near a fireplace. Homes with one or more fireplaces tend to do well because of the additional romantic aspect they add to the property.

If your house already has a fireplace, you can considerably improve it by installing additional safety features such as an updated carbon monoxide detector and smoke detector.

Everyone wants to feel safe and secure inside their own home and there are plenty of ways you can ensure the future homeowners that they will be fine in your house. You can install window security bars across the first-floor windows to prevent easy ingress for criminals.

Other security features like a home security system or motion-activated floodlights out in the lawn can also boost buyer interest in your property.

Selling your home can be a nail-biting ordeal of wondering whether it will sit unsold for months. Learning about what kind of features attract new buyers the most can be especially useful in helping you decide the best way to spruce up your home before putting in the market.