NAHB Identifies Top Features and Design Trends for 2021 in the Wake of COVID-19
After declining for four years, a number of key trends-including the average size of the home and the number of bedrooms and bathrooms-reversed course in 2020 as a result of shifting buyer preferences in the wake of COVID-19. The average size home remained flat at 2,486 square feet, while the percentage of homes with four or more bedrooms and three or more bathrooms rose to 46 percent and 33 percent, respectively-rising closer to 2015 peaks.
"The primary reason is that COVID-19 has led a segment of home buyers to desire larger homes and to move out to the suburbs," said Rose Quint, NAHB assistant vice president of survey research, at a press conference held during the NAHB International Builders' Show virtual experience (IBSx).