Landlords, brace yourselves: Your tenants are likely going to ignore some of your rules. Luckily, the most common offenses center around decorating and aren’t too serious.

The top offense? One in four tenants make holes in walls (often from nails). That offense is most common among renters aged between 25 to 34, according to a new survey of U.S. tenants conducted by iProperty Management.

Also, 19% of renters surveyed say they’ve completely redecorated a property without their landlord’s permission.

Interior decor aside, tenants also have hidden pets from their landlord. Male tenants may lie about this one the most. Sixteen percent of male renters confess to keeping a pet in their property without their landlord’s knowledge, compared to only 10% of females, the survey shows.

The survey also found that renters are not just relying on submitting maintenance requests to their landlords. They’re also taking matters into their hands—and it can get costly when they do. American renters say they’ve spent an average of $480 on maintenance and improvements—requests that usually are covered by the landlord. Men tend to spend more, an average of $528, about $100 more than women. Broken down by age, renters aged 35 to 44 invested an average of $586 in the maintenance and improvement of their rental, more than any other age group.

Renters report paying to replace old fixtures, and 61% say they’ve spent money on maintenance of interior decorations. Fifty-two percent of renters say they spent money on maintaining their garden.

Overall, 28% of renters say they think there are too many rules for tenants. Sixteen percent believe those rules are too strict. Further, 33% of renters believe tenancy rules make their property feel like less of a home.

The following are the rules most often broken by tenants, identified by iProperty Management’s survey:

1. Making holes in walls: 25%
2. Redecorating: 19%
3. Secretly replacing damaged furnishings, fixtures, and fittings: 13%
4. Keeping a pet in the property: 12%
5. Making a late rent payment: 10%
6. Smoking indoors: 7%
7. Changing locks: 6%
8. Subletting a room or the whole property (long or short term): 5%
9. Removing or disabling fire or carbon monoxide alarms: 4%

Despite high unemployment numbers, nearly two-thirds of buyers recently surveyed say they’ve been able to save more money for their down payment due to the shelter-in-place orders this spring. Combined with low interest rates (the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.98% last week), more house hunters say they’re stretching their budgets and searching for larger homes in pricier neighborhoods this summer, according to a new survey from realtor.com®, reflecting responses from 2,000 consumers who plan to purchase a home in the next 12 months.

Thirty-eight percent of home buyers recently surveyed say they have increased their target price range since starting their home search. Further, 41%of buyers say they are looking to buy sooner because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“While the health and economic impact [from the COVID-19 pandemic] has been significant, the U.S. housing market has remained surprisingly resilient, and consumers continue to view home ownership as the foundation of the American dream,” says George Ratiu, realtor.com®’s senior economist. “Home buyers remain steadfast in the main attributes they seek–three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage. However, the quarantine has made people rethink where and why they want a new home.”

Indeed, garages are becoming more popular. Buyers called garages one of the most important home features, according to the survey. Also, renovated kitchens and large backyard spaces ranked among the top features buyers wanted in both the spring and summer surveys. Also, 84% of buyers say they are looking for a move-in ready home.

Longer commutes may not be a deal breaker either. As remote work options have changed the daily patterns for many, some buyers are showing more willingness to live farther away from their workplaces. Nine percent of consumers say they are willing to commute over an hour, compared with 3% who said they’d be willing to commute that far earlier this spring.

What’s cooking in kitchen design in 2020? White kitchens, granite, and modern designs still reign supreme, according to a new study of 500,000 Instagram posts in the U.S., conducted by Wren Kitchens.

Instagram has emerged as a popular place to share home design pictures and offers insights into trends based on the most Insta-worthy kitchen styles, features, and colors, according to Wren Kitchens.

Overall, the modern kitchen style, which features simple and sleek design, is the most instagrammable style of 2020 with 44,458 posts, Wren Kitchens finds. Modern style surged ahead of the more rustic and wooden decor of farmhouse styles, the second most popular  with 20,364 posts.

The following are the top kitchen styles on Instagram, according to Wren Kitchens:

Granite countertops continue to dominate kitchen designs. Wren Kitchens finds granite countertops to be the most popular  kitchen feature on Instagram.

While colorful kitchens have gained popularity over the last year, white kitchens still dominate. These are the most popular kitchen colors, according to Instagram.