{"id":7468,"date":"2023-11-16T14:42:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireappraisalgroup.com\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:43:08","slug":"the-hot-new-homebuyers-accessory-adus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireappraisalgroup.com\/the-hot-new-homebuyers-accessory-adus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hot New Homebuyers\u2019 Accessory? ADUs"},"content":{"rendered":"
An accessory dwelling unit (ADU) gives homebuyers a chance to charge rent that offsets their mortgage costs \u2013 or helps kids or parents who need housing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
NEW YORK \u2013 The latest homeowners\u2019 accessory is an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) \u2013 a free-standing miniature home as small as a studio apartment and tucked away in a backyard, once sometimes called in-law suites or granny flats.<\/p>\n
An ADU can be above a garage or in a basement, it isn\u2019t necessarily small \u2013 some can extend to more than 2,000 square feet. A 2020 Freddie Mac study found 1.4 million single-family U.S. homes with ADUs, though the actual number could be higher because some homeowners build them without permits.<\/p>\n
ADUs are growing in popularity as more states encourage their construction via zoning changes, and as more homeowners sees the units as a way to lower their housing costs by renting out the units.<\/p>\n
Beyond homeowners and buyers, federal, state and local governments have an interest in promoting an increase in ADUs as frustrated homebuyers and renters deal with a shortage of housing and high home prices. Policy makers see adding units on existing lots as a quick way to increase housing supply.<\/p>\n
Some states, including California, Oregon and Maine, have passed laws in recent years to encourage ADU construction.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor some buyers, it\u2019s really becoming a strategy, how to afford the home they want or maybe a little more home than they otherwise would have gotten,\u201d says Daniel Faina, chief marketing officer at California builder Williams Homes.<\/p>\n
The average cost to construct an ADU is approximately $100,000, according to building-permit data company Builty.<\/p>\n
Source: Wall Street Journal (10\/09\/23) Friedman, Nicole<\/p>\n
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