B
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39%
39% -- first time buyer share of home purchases for US home buyers (2026)
39% of people purchasing homes are first-time home buyers.
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39%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
National Association of Realtors
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Tier C
https://www.archcityhomes.com/what-is-important-home-buyers/ ↗
Source Article
What is Most Important to Home Buyers?
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National Association of Realtors
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Methodology
National Association of Realtors survey of first-time home buyers, cited via Doorsteps.com infographic
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Industrymarketing
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US home buyers: 39% first time buyer share of home purchases. Source: National Association of Realtors (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-time-home-buyers-share-39
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-time-home-buyers-share-39" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>39%</strong> -- first time buyer share of home purchases for US home buyers<br><small>Source: National Association of Realtors (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-time-home-buyers-share-39" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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