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If your listing<\/a> has two master bedrooms, you may very well have a highly desired feature that many couples want in their next home and are willing to pay extra for.<\/p>\n Read more<\/strong>: Style a Master Bedroom as a Sleep Retreat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Among the top 10 percent of markets nationwide, active listings that include multiple master bedrooms are priced, on average, about 9 percent higher than those with just one master, according to a realtor<\/a>.com\u00ae analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n Luxury home builders are taking notice of the growth in demand. A 2016 survey by John Burns Real Estate<\/a> Consulting found that nearly one in three potential home buyers in the $2 million and above price range said they wanted dual master bedrooms.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was the first survey where we asked about a dual master\u2014prior to this year, it wasn\u2019t on the radar at all,\u201d says Pete Reeb, a principal with John Burns Real Estate Consulting.<\/p>\n Some couples are finding separate bedrooms a must.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has been this stigma about people sleeping apart,\u201d says Wendy Troxel, a clinical psychologist and senior behavioral scientist at the Rand Corp. \u201cBut perhaps we are moving more toward this acceptance that there is not one-size-fits-all.\u201d<\/p>\n Some people desire two masters because they\u2019re struggling to get to sleep, such as due to insomnia, snoring, or REM sleep behavior, says Rafael Pelayo, a clinical professor of psychiatry and sleep specialist at Stanford Sleep Medicine Center.<\/p>\n \u201cSeparate bedrooms are a reflection of the fact that it\u2019s an older population with more disposable income, and that they value their sleep more\u2014and are ready to invest<\/a> more in it,\u201d Pelayo says.<\/p>\n Also leading to higher demand for extra masters: multigenerational living. Elderly parents and boomerang offspring are expressing more desires for larger separate bedroom areas, housing<\/a> analysts note.<\/p>\n Source: \u201cThe Secret to a Happy Marriage? Two Master Bedrooms,\u201d The Wall Street Journal (March 16, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2]\n
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