In 2025, first-time buyers had an average age of 40, according to the National Association of Realtors, an all-time high. And ...

For National Homeownership Month, new homeowners share lessons learned and experts share advice for first time buyers.

Fewer than 4 in 10 nonhomeowner households in the U.S. can afford a starter home, a new study found. Most are in the South.

New bipartian housing bill aims to make it easier and more affordable for Americans to become homeowners, particularly first ...

Home prices have risen much faster than wages, Pew Research reports. As a result, first-time homebuyers are getting squeezed out of the market.

Home prices have surged over the past two decades, and by most measures, affordability has worsened. Yet data from the New York Fed show that the median age of first-time buyers obtaining a mortgage ...

Note: Going forward, quarterly updates will be released of median and average first-time homebuyer age data. The median and average ages for first-time buyers obtaining mortgage loans in calendar year ...

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 ...

Builders and lenders are increasing incentives like grants, price reductions, and mortgage rate buy-downs for first-time buyers in 2026. NAR sees these trends as key to improved affordability. AI ...