“According to trulia.com’s recent survey, twice as many buyers prefer new homes over exist-ing ones. In fact, the survey reveals that two in five Americans strongly or somewhat prefer a newly built home over one that was previously occupied. That’s a sizeable 41 percent of the pop-ulation that prefers shiny and new. In-terestingly, the results also show that the biggest advantage of buying new is that you’re able to get a house custom-ized before construction is done – in es-sence, you are guaranteed a home that mirrors your personality and matches your lifestyle.” Read more in Real Estate Weekly’s article on Buying New vs Old Homes.