Relationship Between Interior Layout of Second-Hand Houses For Sale and Feng Shui

The second-hand housing market is important in the real estate industry. In choosing second-hand houses in Taiwan, traditional beliefs in Feng Shui are considered by potential buyers. Thus, we examined 327 cases of available second-hand and currently inhabited houses to analyze the internal Feng Shui layouts. The research findings indicated significant quantitative differences between inhabited second-hand houses and those for sale regarding the internal layouts of Feng Shui. An intermediate degree of correlation with Feng Shui principles was low. When considering quantitative differences and significant correlation in Feng Shui, four thematic principles were found to have a consistent relationship. These included the absence of a front balcony (B), the orientation of the entrance (E), the positioning of the kitchen stove (S), and the residential unit's see-through situations (T). These were correlated with houses that were sold easily in the market. By extracting the initial letters of the primary nouns involved, the "B. E. S. T." were important in the second-hand house market.