First-time homebuyers now make up 45 percent of all transactions, up from 37 percent of all buyers in 2021, returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from Zillow released Thursday.
Source: Inman News
Always a bridesmaid, rarely a bride, first-time buyers make big return
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