Characteristics

• Price range
• Minimum number of bedrooms and bathrooms
• Minimum amount of living area
• Special requirements, such as wheelchair accessibility
• Timing of when you want (or need) to move
• Steps involved in selling your existing home

Qualities

• Styles you like (and those you do not)
• Lifestyle (lot size, townhouse/condominium, active, urban)
• Condition (new construction, move-in condition, a 'fixer-upper')
• Location (main street, close to town center, cul-de-sac, waterfront)
• Public services (water, sewer)
• Features most important to you (fireplaces, wood floors)