Tyler Minges Home Buyers Guide 2017 Home Buyers Guide | 页面 8

5 | TODAY’S HOME BUYERS
TODAY’S BUYERS ARE
YOUNG
EDUCATED
DIVERSE
2
10%
35%
31%
PARTNERED
FEMALE
GENDER
67%
MARRIED
MARITAL
STATUS
GEN X
23%
GENERATION
SINGLE
42%
MALE
Detached single family homes continue to be the most
common type of home for recent buyers at 83 percent,
followed by 20 percent of buyers choosing townhomes
and 13 percent choosing condos.
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10%
SILENT
65%
The typical homebuyer is in their mid-to-late 30s or
early 40s, married, college educated and looking for a
single-family home. While most buyers are married, single
and partenered buyers make up more than a quarter of all
home buyers.
16%
BOOMER
MILLENNIALS
47%
of buyers are first-time
home buyers.
83%
of buyers purchase a
single-family home.
67%
of first-time buyers cite the desire to own a home of
one’s own as the reason for purchasing. 1