These shows are also helping to keep granite countertops and stainless steel kitchens in high demand. How real-estate TV shows determine what buyers look for in a house. Share. Resize.

Every young couple looking for a house wants stainless steel and granite countertops, and wants them RIGHT NOW. Everyone redoing a kitchen wants the same, ASAP.

Black stainless steel now covers one in 10 new appliances. When cool, cutting-edge stainless steel was introduced about 20 years ago, it caught on like wildfire, said Sitchinava.