Houses furnished or unfurnished it's up to you
I read on another site that each house has an option for furnished or unfurnished depending on the sims moneyflow.With cheats you can increase their money and buy the house furnished.I'm buying all furnished houses as I can't stand to furnish them.I saw some pictures of some of the houses and they look a lot bigger then the ones in the sims 3 and their really nice inside.
I saw one house with what looked like marble walls around the countertop in the kitchens.
I've gotten use to renting apartments furnished with a cheat in apartment life so I'm glad I'll be able to do that in the sims 3 with houses.