The surge in first-time homebuyers during 2020 has led to a new trend: first-time home sellers. Many who bought during the pandemic are now rethinking their decisions, citing changing lifestyles, ...

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The youngest U.S. homebuyers aren’t so young anymore, as a forbidding market turns first-time house hunting into an activity for people nearing 40. “No one in their young 20s are buying homes,” said ...

Stop us if you’ve heard this story before: The housing market remains stuck. Mortgage rates remain stubbornly high. It’s the same case with home prices. Oh, and it’s a terrible time to be a first-time ...

WalletHub and SmartAsset released their rankings of the best U.S. cities for first-time home buyers. Cities in Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and Arizona ranked as some of the best places to buy a first ...

Buying a home these days can be tricky with high mortgage interest rates—but these cities could be your best bet Now can be a tough time to buy a home, especially as a first-time buyer, for a few ...

Homes remained out of reach for many people of first-time home buyer age in the first quarter of the year. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of ...

“It’s kind of a shocking number,” said an economist with the National Association of Realtors. By Julia Carpenter The path to homeownership continues to get longer, with the median age of first-time ...

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that the typical age people purchase their first home in the U.S. has risen to an all-time high of 40 years old. First-time buyers represented only ...

Four years ago, the median age at which people purchased their first home in the U.S. was 33 years old. Now the age has sharply increased to 40 years old, a record high, according to a National ...