From a study conducted by the national association of Realtors about home buyers and sellers in 2015.
Characteristics of Home Buyers
First-time buyers made up 32 percent of all home buyers, down from 33 percent last year.
The typical buyer was 44 years old, and had a median household income of $86,100.
Sixty-seven percent of recent buyers were married couples, 15 percent were single females, nine percent were single males, and seven percent were unmarried couples.
Thirteen percent of home buyers purchased a multi-generational home to take care of aging parents, for cost savings, and because children over the age of 18 are moving back home.
Ninety percent of recent home buyers identified as heterosexual, three percent as gay or lesbian, one percent as bi-sexual, and seven percent preferred not to answer.
Eighteen percent of recent home buyers are veterans and three percent are active-duty service members.
At 30 percent, the primary reason for purchasing a home was the desire to own a home of their own.
Last week I wrote about home sellers. I noticed this study mentions multi-generational homes. I think going forward multi generational homes are going to become more important because people live longer and children seem to have longer childhoods. I have been doing research on how to market such a home so that the advertising is compliant with fair housing rules. The word “family” is not allowed, multigenerational seems to be a grey area.
