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When searching for your dream home, what do you look for? What does the kitchen look like, or the front yard? Is a garage a must, or do you have stronger feelings about a walk-in closet? And how do those preferences reflect where you’re from, or where you want to live?��

At ���ϳԹ���, we’ve talked to thousands of people looking for a new home. All the details, big and small, matter to home buyers. We noticed those details change depending on where people are and where they want to go.��

Using insights from our , we’ve compiled some fascinating statistics about what people are looking for in a home. How similar are you to people in your city? Or are you one of the 1% of people in Austin who don’t think having garage space is important?��

Let’s take a look at what people in ���ϳԹ���’s markets want in their next home. See the must-haves, the nice-to-haves, and then take the Home Match quiz to see what’s available.��

What do home buyers in Atlanta want?��

Home buyers in Atlanta, GA told us through Home Match that they wish the Falcons hadn’t blown a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl. Just kidding—they told us this instead:����

• 98% of Atlanta quiz takers are specifically looking for (and must have) a garage in their home.��
• Almost 70% of Atlanta quiz takers need to have central air in their home.
• 30% of Atlanta quiz takers need a double vanity sink in their primary bathroom.
• Only 15% of Atlanta quiz takers say they don’t think having a walk in closet is important.
• 18% of Atlanta quiz takers must have high ceilings.
• Only 14% of Atlanta quiz takers don’t find it important to have a kitchen island in their home.
• 39% of Atlanta quiz takers think it would be nice to live on a wooded lot.

What do home buyers in Austin want?��

Home buyers in Austin are looking for a house that lets them cut to the front of the Franklin Barbecue line. Well, no, they didn’t say that, but they did say this:

• 20% of Austin quiz takers need a covered patio in their next home.
• Only 10% of Austin quiz takers are looking to host pool parties this summer and made a pool a must have in their next home.��
• Almost half of our Austin quiz takers require a fence in their next home.
• 85% of Austin quiz takers would prefer their next home to be recently built.
• Having garage space is VERY important to 99% of our Austin quiz takers.
• Only 2% of our Austin quiz takers don’t need to live in a multistory home.

What do home buyers in Charlotte want?

Do home buyers in Charlotte want to be within walking distance—okay, how about a short drive?—from the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Maybe. They also want this:

• Central air is a must for 59% of Charlotte quiz takers.
• 76% of Charlotte quiz takers want to be your friendly neighbors, and don't require a fence surrounding their next home.
• Only 31% of Charlotte quiz takers don’t think it’s important to have a fireplace in their next home.

What do home buyers in Dallas-Fort Worth want?

Dallas-Fort Worth residents don’t just want their kids to get drafted by the Cowboys. They want the following:

• Dallas home buyers value a fenced in yard more than the buyers in any of ���ϳԹ���’s markets. Almost 60% of our Dallas quiz takers labeled this as a must have.��
• Only 12% of Dallas quiz takers must have a pool.
• Only 10% of Dallas homebuyers say that it’s necessary they live in a newly built house.��

What do home buyers in Denver want?

Denver home buyers didn’t say anything about wanting to build a brewery in their basements, but then again, that’s not part of the Home Match quiz (yet). Here’s what they said:��

• More than half of our Denver quiz takers (51%) need to have a fence in their next home
• Only 6% of Denver quiz takers don’t find it important to have central AC in their home
• A mountain view is a must have to 15% of Denver quiz takers
• Only 1.5% of quiz takers are specifically looking for homes on the corner lot
• ��Only 18% of our Denver quiz takers say that a landscaped yard is a must have. (could be due to drought?)��
• 74% of Denver quiz takers say that granite countertops is not a requirement

What do home buyers in Houston want?��

Everybody in Houston agrees there's no need to hear another “We have a problem” joke in their lives. Here’s what else they’re looking for:��

• Almost 40% of Houston quiz takers need to have a fence in their next home.
• 98% of Houston quiz takers need to have a multistory house in their home.
• Only 8% of Houston quiz takers must have a pool in their home.
• Having wood floors would be a nice-to-have for 55% of Houston quiz takers.

What do home buyers in Raleigh-Durham want?��

We have to imagine that something like 100% of Raleigh-Durham home buyers are looking for the nearest Cheerwine fountain. Other than that?��

• 96% of Raleigh-Durham quiz takers require their next home to be multiple stories.
• It gets hot in North Carolina, which is why 91% of RDU quiz takers need to have central air in their next home.
• 72% of RDU quiz takers would love to have enough space in their kitchen for an island.��
• 8% of RDU quiz takers must have mature trees on the property of their next home.

What do home buyers in San Antonio want?��

Most home buyers in San Antonio, it’s safe to say, don’t want their home to be in nearby Austin. What else do they want?��

• Only 8% of San Antonio quiz takers say that a large primary bedroom is not important in their next home.
• 15% of people don’t want an open floor plan for their next home.
• Only 13% of san antonio quiz takers need a fireplace in their next home
• High ceilings are a must for 20% of San Antonio quiz takers��
• Only 35% of San Antonio home buyers say that they must have a kitchen island
• Only 37% of San Antonio quiz takers say they need attached parking
• Only 11% of San Antonio quiz takers say that a walk in closet is not important

What do home buyers in the Washington, D.C.-area want?��

Folks in the D.C.-area (sometimes called DMV, for D.C.-Maryland-Virginia) are probably tired of everyone assuming they work in the government or IT. They just want a house with the following:��

• Garage spaces are a must for 99% of�� quiz takers.
• 55% of DMV quiz takers would prefer to live on a wooded lot.
• Only 7% of DMV quiz takers don’t think it’s important to have central air.

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