The first-time homebuyer market is greying. The National Association of Realtors reported in November that the median first-time buyer in 2025 was 40 years old — up from earlier in the decade to an ...

The affordability challenges that first-time homebuyers have been facing aren’t likely to improve much in 2026. Mortgage rates are expected to continue to hover around 6%, while home prices are likely ...

First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of 21% of all U.S. home purchasers this year, according to NAR’s 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. The share has been cut in half since 2007, as ...

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