Repeat buyers in the United States have consistently had a larger percentage of the purchase price to put down as a down payment when buying a home compared with first-time buyers. In 2021, repeat buyers had 17 percent of the purchase price on hand, whereas first-time buyers only had seven percent of theirs.
Median down payment of first-time and repeat buyers in the United States from 1989 to 2021
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Help to buy scheme
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- Factors that are holding back Americans from saving for a down payment 2022
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- Steps mortgage holders took before application in the U.S. 2018
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National Association of Realtors. (January 16, 2022). Median down payment of first-time and repeat buyers in the United States from 1989 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117470/first-time-repeat-buyers-downpayment-usa/
National Association of Realtors. "Median down payment of first-time and repeat buyers in the United States from 1989 to 2021." Chart. January 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117470/first-time-repeat-buyers-downpayment-usa/
National Association of Realtors. (2022). Median down payment of first-time and repeat buyers in the United States from 1989 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117470/first-time-repeat-buyers-downpayment-usa/
National Association of Realtors. "Median down Payment of First-time and Repeat Buyers in The United States from 1989 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117470/first-time-repeat-buyers-downpayment-usa/
National Association of Realtors, Median down payment of first-time and repeat buyers in the United States from 1989 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117470/first-time-repeat-buyers-downpayment-usa/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
Median down payment of first-time and repeat buyers in the United States from 1989 to 2021 [Graph], National Association of Realtors, January 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117470/first-time-repeat-buyers-downpayment-usa/