{"id":7019,"date":"2025-11-29T07:53:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2025-11-29T07:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:53:55","slug":"warped-since-2010-average-home-buyer-goes-from-age-39-to-59-typical-first-time-buyer-turns-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/warped-since-2010-average-home-buyer-goes-from-age-39-to-59-typical-first-time-buyer-turns-40\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWarped\u201d: Since 2010, Average Home Buyer Goes From Age 39 to 59. Typical First-Time Buyer Turns 40."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The numbers don\u2019t lie.  First-timers have never dealt with harsher circumstances in U.S. homebuying history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The typical age for first-time home buyers is now 40, according to the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae (NAR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortune <\/em>magazine points to the observation of Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok: on average, all <\/em>buyers have aged. Using NAR\u2019s data, Slok found that the median age of all U.S. buyers in 2025 is 59 years old. Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upshot? Since the 2008 financial crisis, many have been kept locked out<\/a> of what some say is a great economy. Or, as the recent Fortune<\/em> headline put the point, the \u201cHousing Market Has Warped in One Generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Path to a Deed Gets Longer and Longer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The National Association of REALTORS\u00ae (NAR) has published its 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. NAR\u2019s new report shows the median first-time buyer\u2019s age spiking to its all-time high: 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAR puts this record-breaking age in striking context. In 1991, most people in the United States could buy a home for the first time by age 28. And the typical first-timer has aged a whole five years since the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s taking a hopeful buyer so long to finally get a deed in hand? Here, we can step back to look at the big picture. Wages started falling well behind the cost of living in the 1980s. The gap between U.S. costs and income continues to push savings down. The last time Congress increased the federal minimum wage was in July 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, the younger generations are looking at immense mortgages to cover the sale prices of even modest homes. They are facing elevated interest rates to boot. As home values have surged, so have a deed holder\u2019s property taxes. Insurance and utility rates are rising as well. In many regions of the country, buyers face rising premiums and few choices in home insurance \u2014 even when they\u2019re not buying in a flood-prone or fire-prone location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No wonder young adults feel stymied \u2014 especially those without access to family wealth. No wonder the number of young adults living with their parents has risen by  a million and a half in a decade. That 6.3% rise is double the rate of population growth for young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working Hard, Saving Up\u2014And Sidelined<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Working hard and saving up for a down payment (if possible, 20% to avoid paying mandatory mortgage insurance<\/a>) maintaining good credit, and doing everything right as property prices march upward can mean being sidelined from homeownership regardless. Just think. The median U.S. home price<\/a> is now $440K \u2014 up 40% and counting in the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too many young buyers have large student loans and pay such exorbitant amounts of rent that they can\u2019t even think about down payments, let alone down payments of 20%. Nearly half of Gen Z workers \u2014 young adults up to 28 years of age \u2014 have already withdrawn from their 401(k) retirement savings accounts to handle debts or emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who work non-stop until can finally save enough to acquire deeds at age 40 then have a 30-year debt to pay down. How many will get to the milestone of a paid-off home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small house in a typical U.S. city generally costs more than $2K per month to maintain. That includes property taxes and insurance, upkeep and repairs, heating and air conditioning, and paying down a mortgage balance. A modest condo property could get a buyer on the ladder, but isn\u2019t cheap, given insurance and homeowners\u2019 association dues. Even RVs and mobile homes have seen significant price rises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this is why just one in five buyers today is a first-timer. This is a striking figure. It means the percentage of first-timers is just half what it was before the market crashed 17 years back.  In fact, it means the share of first-timers dropped like a rock just since last year! First-timers made up a third of all buyers for the year 2023 – 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the words of NAR economist Jessica Lautz, the implications are \u201cstaggering.\u201d It\u2019s indisputable that the first-time home buyers of today will be accumulating less home equity, and therefore have less of an ability to move for job opportunities and quality of life than their parents had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This<\/em> is a warped housing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Impact on a Whole Society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Acquiring a deed, says Fortune<\/em> magazine, once was key to the American Dream. It still is. Yet we have never seen a more harrowing time for millennial and Gen Z households to acquire their own deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine in ten Gen Zers say they want to hold their own titles eventually. But eight in ten say they can\u2019t afford to buy today. They don\u2019t yet have equity. They\u2019re approaching an unforgiving real estate world at a time when mortgage rates are over 6% and forecast to remain at that level. Even if a younger buyer has enough for a good down payment, the journey is not without obstacles. There are people with equity, buyers with cash, to contend with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And truth be told, the struggle to acquire a deed isn\u2019t just confined to young adults. It\u2019s impacting generations. The stress reverberates throughout society. When people struggle with finances and housing instability, how can they meet creative goals? How can they fully participate in an economy, in relationships, and in their broader culture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a strong need to revitalize underused properties, ease local zoning<\/a>, and encourage plans for building affordable homes. Because deeds are for everybody. They shouldn\u2019t be reserved, like spots in a secret treehouse, just for a privileged few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supporting References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor Pringle for Fortune<\/em> (Fortune Media IP Limited): In Just 15 Years, the Average U.S. Homebuyer Went From 39 to 59 Years Old \u2013 Top Analyst Reveals How the Housing Market Has Warped in One Generation<\/a> (Nov. 13, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rohan Shah, University of Mississippi Institute for Humane Studies, in The Conversation<\/em>: Gen Z\u2019s Housing Bust Laid Bare: 15 Million More Adults Under 35 Are Living With Their Parents Than a Decade Ago<\/a>\u00a0 (republished by Fortune Media IP Limited by Creative Commons licensing on Oct. 8, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Association of REALTORS\u00ae Newsroom First-Time Home Buyer Share Falls to Historic Low of 21%, Median Age Rises to 40<\/a> (Nov. 4, 2025; announcing the new annual report<\/a> on recent home buyers and sellers, covering deed transfers from July 2024 to June 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Carpenter for The New York Times<\/em>: First-Time Home Buyers Are Older Than Ever (Nov. 6, 2025, citing the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae report; republished in print on Nov. 9, 2025 in the New York edition of the Times<\/em>, page RE2, under the title For First House, Add More Birthdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Winters for CNBC.com<\/em> (Versant Media, LLC): The Average Age of U.S. Homebuyers Jumps to 56 \u2013 Homes Are \u201cWildly Unaffordable\u201d for Young People, Real Estate Expert Says<\/a> (Nov. 4, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamaron McNair for CNBC.com<\/em> (Versant Media, LLC): 46% of Gen Z Workers Have Already Tapped Their Retirement Savings<\/a> (Sep. 11 2025; describing results of a recent survey by Payroll Integrations).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as linked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on topics: Buyers must budget for homeowners\u2019 insurance<\/a>, Is title insurance at closing a waste of money<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: Pixabay<\/a> and Antoni Shkraba Production<\/a>, via Pexels\/Canva.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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