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** In mid-2023, HGTV started airing two similarly themed episodes in a one-hour block with added introduction and bumpers by other HGTV hosts, including David Bromstad of ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' and Scott [=McGillivray=] of ''Vacation House Rules''.
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* {{Narrator}}: Creator/AndromedaDunker narrates the series.
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* HomeAndGarden: Prospective homebuyers are shown [[RuleOfThree three properties]] and choose one to buy at the end of the episode. Has a {{Spinoff}}, ''House Hunters International'', which features people looking to buy or rent a residence in a foreign country.
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* {{Crossover}}: One episode of ''House Hunters International'' was effectively location scouting for ''Ciao House'', a series on corporate sibling Creator/FoodNetwork set in a villa in Tuscany.
* HomeAndGarden: Prospective homebuyers are shown [[RuleOfThree three properties]] and choose one to buy at the end of the episode. Has a {{Spinoff}}, ''House Hunters International'', which features people looking to buy or rent a residence in a foreign country.
* HomeAndGarden: Prospective homebuyers are shown [[RuleOfThree three properties]] and choose one to buy at the end of the episode.
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** Segment 1: We are introduced to the homebuyer(s) and learn what they want in a house and how those wants clash with those of a spouse or a relative involved in the purchase. We meet the real estate agent (who may or may not be a friend or relative), and then tour the first house.
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** Segment 1: We are introduced to the homebuyer(s) and learn what they want in a house and how those wants clash with those of a spouse or a relative involved in the purchase. We meet the real estate agent (who may or may not be a friend or relative), who explains how the buyers' desires and budget mesh with the local housing market, and then tour the first house.
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** Final segment: The buyers discuss which house to buy among themselves or with their agent. Cut to an epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later, in which the purchased house is revealed and the buyers state how happy they are with their new home.
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** Final segment: The buyers discuss which house to buy among themselves or with their agent. Cut (with doorbell sound effect) to an epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later, in which the purchased house is revealed and the buyers state how happy they are with their new home.
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront/Lakefront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the same basic format established by ''House Hunters.''
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront/Lakefront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island ''Mexico/Bahamas/Island Life'', follows the same basic format established by ''House Hunters.''
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* HomeAndGarden: Prospective homebuyers are shown [[RuleOfThree three properties]] and choose one to buy at the end of the episode. Has a {{Spinoff}}, ''House Hunters International'', which features people looking to buy or rent a residence in a foreign country.
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront/Lakefront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the same basic format established by ''House Hunters.''''
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* ManipulativeEditing: The homebuyer has already purchased one of the houses by the time an episode's filming begins. The other two are usually homes rejected during the buyers' search but may also be homes staged by the buyers' friends.
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the same basic format established by ''House Hunters.''
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront ''Beachfront/Lakefront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the same basic format established by ''House Hunters.''
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* StrictlyFormula: Every episode is structured pretty much the same:
**Segment 1: We are introduced to the homebuyer(s) and learn what they want in a house and how those wants clash with those of a spouse or a relative involved in the purchase. We meet the real estate agent (who may or may not be a friend or relative), and then tour the first house.
** Segment 2: More personal information about the homebuyer is revealed, and the second house is toured.
** Segment 3: Still more information about the homebuyer is revealed, and the third house is toured.
** Final segment: The buyers discuss which house to buy among themselves or with their agent. Cut to an epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later, in which the purchased house is revealed and the buyers state how happy they are with their new home.
**Segment 1: We are introduced to the homebuyer(s) and learn what they want in a house and how those wants clash with those of a spouse or a relative involved in the purchase. We meet the real estate agent (who may or may not be a friend or relative), and then tour the first house.
** Segment 2: More personal information about the homebuyer is revealed, and the second house is toured.
** Segment 3: Still more information about the homebuyer is revealed, and the third house is toured.
** Final segment: The buyers discuss which house to buy among themselves or with their agent. Cut to an epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later, in which the purchased house is revealed and the buyers state how happy they are with their new home.
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the format established by ''House Hunters'': Look through three houses, choose one, with an end-of-episode epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later in which the buyers say how happy they are with their new home.
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* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the same basic format established by ''House Hunters'': Look through three houses, choose one, with an end-of-episode epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later in which the buyers say how happy they are with their new home.Hunters.''
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''House Hunters'' is a RealityShow on HGTV that launched in 1999. It's pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Prospective buyers are hunting for a house to buy.
The show has had numerous spinoffs over the years, but the longest-running one is ''House Hunters International'', which features people looking for a new home in a foreign country.
!!Tropes associated with ''House Hunters'':
* HighConcept: Would-be homebuyers look at three houses, choose one to buy.
* RuleOfThree: Three houses are shown.
* SpinOff: There have been numerous spinoffs, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Hunters The Other Wiki]] lists them all. The main one these days is ''House Hunters International'', in which people who are moving to another country look for a home to buy or rent.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: House, that is.
* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the format established by ''House Hunters'': Look through three houses, choose one, with an end-of-episode epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later in which the buyers say how happy they are with their new home.
The show has had numerous spinoffs over the years, but the longest-running one is ''House Hunters International'', which features people looking for a new home in a foreign country.
!!Tropes associated with ''House Hunters'':
* HighConcept: Would-be homebuyers look at three houses, choose one to buy.
* RuleOfThree: Three houses are shown.
* SpinOff: There have been numerous spinoffs, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Hunters The Other Wiki]] lists them all. The main one these days is ''House Hunters International'', in which people who are moving to another country look for a home to buy or rent.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: House, that is.
* TropeCodifier: Every half-hour home-shopping show on HGTV and related channels, from ''Series/MyLotteryDreamHome'' to ''Beachfront Bargain Hunt'' to ''Island Life'', follows the format established by ''House Hunters'': Look through three houses, choose one, with an end-of-episode epilogue filmed a few weeks or months later in which the buyers say how happy they are with their new home.
