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Outdoor living spaces have been the most popular special function room for six consecutive years, and demand for accessibility and multi-gen living features continue to pick up steam.
In both the commercial and residential scope, appreciation in property value is a big motivator to go green, but benchmarking ordinances that put the pressure on are correlated with higher adoption rates.
It's easy to pin Gen Y's lag in household formation on lack of affordable inventory and student loan debt, but their lofty expectations of what a first home should be plays a role as well.
Home size has taken the back seat as younger buyers enter the market in search of affordable product, and older buyers focus on accessibility to age-in-place.