{"id":62424,"date":"2019-05-08T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=62424"},"modified":"2019-05-08T19:44:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:44:47","slug":"study-smart-home-features-that-buyers-want-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=62424","title":{"rendered":"Study: Smart-home features that buyers want most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buyers are showing more interest in technological home features, with 46 percent of new and prospective homeowners saying, for example, that they want a security camera on the premises, according to the National Association of Home Builders&#8217; (NAHB) latest annual survey, What Home Buyers Really Want.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the top four most-wanted tech features relate to security, with surveillance cameras leading the pack, the survey found. Buyers also reported high interest in video doorbells and wireless home security systems.<\/p>\n<p>For many buyers, a smart home is an upgrade. The survey found that about 21 percent are leaving a home with smart features they don&#8217;t want to give up, but about 40 percent of buyers want their next home to be smart, &#8220;indicating that there is a market growth potential for these items,&#8221; the NAHB notes on its blog, Eye on Housing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most-desired home technology features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Security cameras: 21% currently have one; 46% want them in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Video doorbell: 12% currently have one; 45% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Programmable thermostat: 41% currently have one; 44% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Wireless home security system: 18% currently have one; 40% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Multi-zone HAVC system: 11% currently have one; 39% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Lighting control system: 14% currently have one; 36% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Wireless home audio system: 12% currently have one; 33% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Central vacuum system: 10% currently have one; 33% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Energy management system: 6% currently have one; 31% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<li>Smart washer\/dryer (controlled remotely): 8% currently have one; 31% want one in a new home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: &#8220;Top Home Technology Features,&#8221; National Association of Home Builders&#8217; Eye on Housing blog (May 2, 2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buyers are showing more interest in technological home features, with 46 percent of new and prospective homeowners saying, for example, that they want a security camera on the premises, according to the National Association of Home Builders&#8217; (NAHB) latest annual survey, What Home Buyers Really Want. Three of the top four most-wanted tech features relate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[9,59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62425,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62424\/revisions\/62425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}