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13 Home Trends Stealing the Spotlight in 2022 While buyers are still seeking homes that offer safe, enjoyable shelter, new wish list items are emerging that give houses better design and function. By Barbara Ballinger Home design trends that are expected to loom large in 2022 are an evolution of what started during the pandemic when life was disrupted and more homeowners started reevaluating their surroundings. Cases in point: the rise of the home office and backyard pools. Some hot trends started years earlier, including energy efficiency, conservation of natural resources (especially in fire- and hurricane-ravaged areas), and affordable housing. In addition, each cohort has its own wish list—baby boomers want lower maintenance and millennials want strong broadband connectivity. 20 | Salt Lake Realtor ® | January 2022
One caveat: Know that there’s no universal agreement about what’s in and what’s out, even among our pundits who offered these ideas. 1. High-Speed Internet and Broadband: A home office or workspace remains essential for many home buyers, but if a house doesn’t have a good digital infrastructure, work-from-home buyers may not be interested, said associate broker Lori Hoffman with the Usha Subramaniam Team at Compass in Chappaqua, a suburb of New York. “Young buyers coming from urban areas expect it, yet it’s not always available,” she said. Her advice is to make sure high speed is available for
