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Charleston SC Homes For Sale : November 2012 National Housing Trends
First-Time Homebuyers Not Riding Wave Of Recovering Market, HousingPulse Findset
Despite growing signs that the housing market is starting to recover from the depression-like conditions of the past few years, first-time homebuyers don’t seem to be benefiting from that recovery.
According to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey results, the first-time homebuyer share of home purchases fell to 34.7% in October. That was not only down from the 37.1% share seen as recently as June, but also the lowest first-time homebuyer share ever recorded in the HousingPulse survey.
The decline in first-time homebuyers participating in the housing market comes at the same time that purchases of non-distressed properties have risen significantly this year. In fact, HousingPulse data show that the non-distressed property share of home purchases climbed to 64.7% in October. That was up from only 55.7% back in February and the highest non-distressed property share recorded by HousingPulse in its three-year history.
First-time homebuyers are the only group of buyers tracked by HousingPulse that have not seen their share of non-distressed property home purchases rise over the past five months. Current homeowners have seen the biggest jump in purchases of non-distressed properties with their share rising from 50.0% in June to 54.2% in October. Even investors saw their share of non-distressed property purchases inch higher from 11.3% to 12.2% over the past five months. Learn more about the November 2012 National Housing Trends here.
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