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A FEW KEY UPGRADES THAT CAN REALLY PAY OFF
It’s time to stop thinking of Millennials as totally uninterested in owning anything
just because they were early adopters of Uber. The newly released U.S. home
ownership rate rose in 2018 for the first time in 13 years—it now stands at 64.2
percent—driven mainly by a shift toward owning over renting by the under-35
crowd who’d been wary of committing for both financial and personal reasons.
“This is happening because young households are buying homes,” Ralph
McLaughlin, chief economist at home listings provider Trulia, told the Wall Street
Journal. They’re not the only purchasers, of course. But if you’re looking to sell
your house now or in the not-too-distant future, you might want to check out
this generational roadmap of four upgrades experts say are worth it to help attract
potential buyers.
*Cross-generational: a new steel door. The only thing that beat it on
Remodeling magazine’s annual Cost vs. Value Report was loose-fill attic insulation,
but this project—with a 90.7 percent return on investment—speaks directly to
the report’s main takeaway: “Curb appeal projects, by and large, generated higher
returns on investment than work done inside the home.”
Plus, as far as Millennials go, while their ideal interiors may
differ from older generations—for example, they prefer
open floor plans and hardwood floors—Architectural
Digest says they’re still into “traditional” exteriors.
*Millennials: Smart-home tech. Yes, there are
Boomers and Gen Xers who are super tech-savvy,
but Millennials especially crave homes that allow
them to control their heating, air-conditioning,
home security, and lighting systems from their
phones. They want to use their brains for other
things, not for remembering whether they
adjusted the heat or closed the garage door.
*Cross-generational: A new roof. It’s the
ultimate curb appeal enhancer and buyers pay a
premium for one already in place. So if the first thing
prospects notice even before exiting their cars looks like
something out of the movie “Twister,” you’ve got a problem.
*Millennials: All-new appliances. Realtors will tell you that major kitchen
(and bath) upgrades aren’t generally worth their high costs, in terms of return
on investment, since prospective buyers’ tastes can clash with yours. However,
Millennials love, love, love all-new stainless steel appliances. So much so that what
RealtyTimes.com called “an astonishing majority of 75 percent” of respondents in