{"id":62,"date":"2026-09-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/rhondamusch-com\/2026\/09\/27\/new-build-buyer-survey-what-americans-want-in-a-new-construction-home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:00:00","slug":"new-build-buyer-survey-what-americans-want-in-a-new-construction-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/new-build-buyer-survey-what-americans-want-in-a-new-construction-home\/","title":{"rendered":"New-Build Buyer Survey: What Americans Want in a New Construction Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>New construction appeals to 80% of Americans, driven by fewer repairs, customization, modern design, and energy efficiency. Essential home features include a large kitchen (60%), outdoor living space (56%), natural light (53%), and energy-efficient elements (52%). The kitchen is the top priority, with 34% valuing it most and 48% willing to pay extra to upgrade. While 59% prioritize home features over community amenities, 60% would trade features for amenities like trails, parks, and pools.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/mecktimes.com\/news\/2026\/09\/24\/new-build-buyer-survey-what-americans-want-in-a-new-construction-home\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New construction appeals to 80% of Americans, driven by fewer repairs, customization, modern design, and energy efficiency. Essential home features include a large kitchen (60%), outdoor living space (56%), natural light (53%), and energy-efficient elements (52%). The kitchen is the top priority, with 34% valuing it most and 48% willing to pay extra to upgrade. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}