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The average age of a first-time homeowner is 34, according to the most recent American Housing Survey data collected in 2009. Once first-time homeowners made up nearly half of all existing-home sales, but they now make up 35 percent, according to a recently released National Association of Realtors report.
This article is 6 years old. Jamie Doward. Saturday 28 August 2010 19.04 EDT First published on Saturday 28 August 2010 19.04 EDT. Today's young adults will have to wait until middle age to buy their first home if they stay single, according to new research that makes depressing reading for anyone not yet on the housing ladder.