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\n <\/div>\n \n Buying a Bigger House? Work With a Top Agent<\/h3>\n
Deciding to upgrade to a larger home can be a big step. Working with a top agent can help make sure your next place will meet your family’s needs.<\/p>\n \n
Reasons you may need more space<\/h2>\n
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2025 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends<\/a>, 17% of buyers purchased a multi-generational home. The most common reasons include:<\/p>\n When buyers were considering a move, Suits often encouraged them to calculate the space they needed, along with all the additional costs when buying a larger home.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we really like to do is break it down to people and say, hey, what is important to your family? Is it really space or is it how you use the space?\u201d<\/p>\n Suits would often help the buyer consider if they actually needed more square footage<\/a> or if a different configuration was a better solution without dramatically increasing the costs.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the square footage of it, it might just be that you need to lay out the space differently or that you don’t have what we call wasted space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
How to determine the \u201cfunctional\u201d square footage<\/h2>\n