The 2009 National Association of REALTORS Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Highlights
Characteristics of Home Buyers
- Forty-seven percent of recent home buyers were first-time buyers.
- The typical first-time home buyer was 30 years old, while the typical repeat buyer was 48 years old.
- The 2008 median household income of buyers was $73,100. The median income was $61,600 among first-time buyers and $88,100 among repeat buyers.
- Twenty-one percent of recent home buyers were single females, and 10 percent were single males.
- For one-third of recent home buyers, the primary reason for the recent home purchase was a desire to own a home.
Characteristics of Homes Purchased
- New home purchases were at the lowest level in eight years—down to 18 percent of all recent home purchases.
- The typical home purchased was 1,800 square feet in size and was built in 1991.
- Seventy-eight percent of home buyers purchased a detached single- family home.
- The median price of home purchased was $210,000 in the Northeast, $158,000 in the Midwest, $175,000 in the South, and $240,000 in the West.
- When considering the purchase of a home, commuting costs were considered very or somewhat important by 78 percent of buyers.
the home searCh ProCess
- For more than one-third of home buyers, the first step in the home-buying process was looking online for properties.
- Nine in ten home buyers and 94 used the Internet to search for homes.
- Real estate agents were viewed as a very useful information source by 81 percent of buyers who used an agent while searching for a home.
- The typical home buyer searched for 12 weeks and viewed 12 homes.
Home Buying and Real Estate Professionals
- Seventy-seven percent of buyers purchased their home through a real estate agent or broker.
- Ten percent of buyers purchased a home in foreclosure, up from 3 percent in 2008.
- Forty-four percent of buyers found their agent through a referral from a friend or family member.
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Megan and Hannah,
Thanks for the summary. Indeed, I love under 30 female first time home buyers. I've closed many this year!
Best of luck to you with your Chandler Rela Estate endeavors in 2010.
Maybe I'll drop by to say "Hi" when I'm in town for Cubs spring training!
Megan and Hanna, Great job on the interesting stats. I'm going to reblog this one - this would be a great insert to our 2010 handouts. Thanks!!
Thanks for sharing Megan and Hanna. Those are some interesting statistics. I was surprised by the large percentage of single female home buyers.
Rich - Best of luck to you too Rich. Stop by any time, just let us know.
Susan - thank you for rebloging. Happy New Year.
Gary - that is suprising that such a big percent of single female bought homes in 2009. Happy New Year Gary.
I wiould love it if you could help me. In your 2009 Stats report, can you tell me How Buyers found their home?
i.e.
Internet
Newspaper
Agent
For Sale sign
Thank you so much