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(InvestigateTV) — With high interest rates and limited inventory in many parts of the country, first-time home buyers are having a tough time achieving a piece of the American dream. Sam Huisache, a ...

It has never been this challenging to be a first-time home buyer. Over the last year, as home prices inched toward new highs and the 30-year mortgage rate stayed firmly above 7%, first-time buyers ...

Andrea Riquier is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Advisor. She is a New York-based writer covering mortgages and the housing market. She was previously at Dow Jones MarketWatch, on the housing market ...

(CNN) - The age of a first-time homebuyer is the oldest it has ever been. The median age is now 40 years old. According to the National Association of Realtors, the share of first-time buyers in the ...

Five years after homebuying activity hit unprecedented heights amid record-low, pandemic-era interest rates, the ongoing ...

In 2025, first-time buyers had an average age of 40, according to the National Association of Realtors, an all-time high. And the share of first-time homebuyers on the market has decreased to a record ...

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 ...