Resolute Featured in Redfin: Which Home Features Actually Hold Their Value?
Our own Alex Cothran, Head of Residential at Resolute Property Tax Solutions, recently lent his perspective to a Redfin article. The piece covers the home features that tend to keep their value over time. Alex was featured alongside other industry voices on what separates a lasting upgrade from a passing trend.
The takeaway: livability beats trends
The piece makes a simple point that holds up year after year. In short, buyers keep paying for the features that make a home better to live in. They care less about the ones that simply look current. For example, functional layouts, updated kitchens and bathrooms, energy efficiency, and usable outdoor space keep their appeal. These hold up long after design fads move on.
In the section on energy efficiency and everyday comfort, Alex put it this way:
“Features that pair everyday function with perceivable quality tend to hold their value best, because they keep appealing to buyers long after design trends move on. A high-efficiency HVAC system, quality low-emissivity windows, or solid-core doors are great examples: they make a home quieter and more comfortable to live in, and they aren’t tied to any single design trend.”
The part homeowners tend to miss
An upgrade does not move market value and assessed value in lockstep. That distinction matters when you decide where to spend. As Alex noted in the article, it pays to understand how an improvement affects two things at once. Specifically, it can change both your resale potential and your annual property tax bill. So it helps to know that before you commit.
The part they miss is usually the tax side. A renovation can raise your assessed value, and your tax bill with it. In fact, that increase can be larger than the value a buyer would actually pay for the upgrade. Knowing the difference ahead of time helps you invest in upgrades that earn their keep.
Read the full article
You can read the complete piece on the Redfin blog: What Home Features Hold Their Value Over Time?
Renovated recently? That upgrade may have pushed your assessed value higher than it should be, so you could be overpaying every year. That is exactly the kind of overassessment we help Texas homeowners fight. Learn how Resolute can protest your property taxes.