{"id":8023,"date":"2018-01-19T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T23:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2018-01-19T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T21:22:58","slug":"the-home-improvement-projects-with-the-highest-roi-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-home-improvement-projects-with-the-highest-roi-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Improvement Projects with the Highest ROI in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A strong housing market isn&#8217;t necessarily all good news for sellers. As evidenced by Remodeling magazine&#8217;s newly-released Cost vs. Value Report for 2018, average return on investment (ROI) for home improvement projects dipped across the board, with &#8220;upscale&#8221; projects taking the biggest hit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report, which measures the average cost of 21 popular remodeling projects and their average resale value one year later, found that garage door replacement has the highest ROI at 98.3 percent (up from 85 percent year-over-year). Backyard patio jobs garner the lowest ROI, at 47.6 percent (down from 54.9 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reason for the sweeping decrease in ROI isn&#8217;t immediately obvious, but Remodeling magazine&#8217;s editor-in-chief (and manager of the report) Craig Webb notes that it&#8217;s likely related to the strength of the housing market currently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not clear if&#8230;nationwide affordability concerns are leading (real estate) pros to question the value of renovations that would make a house even more expensive at resale,&#8221; says Webb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, a silver lining from the report relates to when the data was compiled. Remodeling magazine put all the cost information together before the country was struck with several natural disasters, including massive forest fires and several hurricanes. Since then, building supplies and the price of skilled labor has increased, but that&#8217;s expected to change over the course of 2018. As a result, expect to see the ROI of most of these projects level out by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite these events, some longtime trends continued through the new year. Remodeling is still far more cost-effective than replacement, but, according to real estate pros, replacing is still the way to go. This year, there&#8217;s a 20-point difference in ROI: 76.1 percent for replacement jobs, versus 56 percent for remodeling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nationally, when it comes to renovation ROI, curb appeal still wins out. Here are the top five projects with the greatest ROI in the report&#8217;s &#8220;midrange&#8221; cost category :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Manufactured Stone Veneer (97.1% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022Average Cost: $8,221<br \/>\n\u2022Average Resale Value: $7,986<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entry Door Replacement (Steel) (91.3% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $1,471<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $1,344<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deck Addition (Wood) (82.8% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $10,950<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $9,065<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minor Kitchen Remodel (81.1% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $21,198<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $17,193<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Siding Replacement (76.7% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $15,072<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $11,554<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The top five projects with the greatest ROI in the report&#8217;s &#8220;upscale&#8221; cost category are :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Garage Door Replacement (98.3% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $3,470<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $3,411<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Window Replacement (Vinyl) (74.3% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $15,955<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $11,855<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Window Replacement (Wood) (69.5% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $19,391<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $13,468<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grand Entrance (Fiberglass) (67.6% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $8,591<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $5,809<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bathroom Remodel (56.2% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $61,662<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $34,633<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nationally\u2014and on the complete other end of the spectrum\u2014here are the five projects with the lowest ROI in the &#8220;midrange&#8221; cost category :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Backyard Patio (47.6% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $54,130<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $25,769<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Master Suite Addition (56.6% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $123,420<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $69,807<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Major Kitchen Remodel (59% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $63,829<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $37,637<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bathroom Addition (59.9% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $44,717<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $26,769<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deck Addition (Composite) (63.6% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $17,668<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $11,239<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The five projects with the lowest ROI in the &#8220;upscale&#8221; cost category are :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Master Suite Addition (48.3% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $256,229<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $123,797<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Major Kitchen Remodel (53.5% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $125,721<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $67,212<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bathroom Addition (54.6% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $83,869<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $45,752<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bathroom Remodel (56.2% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $61,662<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $34,633<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grand Entrance (Fiberglass) (67.6% ROI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Cost : $8,591<br \/>\n\u2022 Average Resale Value : $5,809<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2018 Cost vs. Value Report compares, across 149 markets, the average cost of 21 popular remodeling projects with their average value at resale one year later. Average resale value is calculated based on estimates provided by real estate professionals. View the full report, including project descriptions and city-level data, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.remodeling.hw.net\/cost-vs-value\/2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rismedia.com\/2018\/cost-value-home-improvement-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cost vs Value : The Home Improvement Projects with the Highest ROI in 2018<\/a> by Jameson Doris | RISMedia housecall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong housing market isn&#8217;t necessarily all good news for sellers. As evidenced by Remodeling magazine&#8217;s newly-released Cost vs. Value Report for 2018, average return on investment (ROI) for home &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-home-improvement-projects-with-the-highest-roi-in-2018\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Home Improvement Projects with the Highest ROI in 2018 &#8226; Rory C Real Estate | Oakwyn Realty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-home-improvement-projects-with-the-highest-roi-in-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Home Improvement Projects with the Highest ROI in 2018 &#8226; Rory C Real Estate | Oakwyn Realty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A strong housing market isn&#8217;t necessarily all good news for sellers. 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