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More Home Buyers are in the Market, but Shopping Takes Longer
Monday, August 3, 2020
In the second quarter of 2020, 11 percent of American adults were planning
on purchasing a home over the next 12 months, and of those, almost half were
actively engaged in doing so. Rose Quint, writing in the National Association
of Home Builders' (NAHB's) Eye on Housing blog says that the 49 percent who were actively
shopping was significantly higher than a year ago when 41 percent were in the
game but was identical to the share in Q1. Quint says this suggests that the
COVID-19 crisis and its accompanying record-low mortgage rates have converted
some prospective buyers into active buyers. The share of buyers who were actively looking versus thinking about it differs
significantly by age group. Of Millennials planning a home purchase in the next
year, 57 percent are already actively looking but among Boomers, that share is
only 37 percent. Among Gen Z and Gen X buyers the share who were active was 40
percent and 47 percent, respectively. Regionally those in the Northeast are the most
likely to be actively engaged in the purchase process (57 percent), compared to
44 percent in the Midwest, 45 percent in the West, and 50 percent in the South.
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