First-Time Home Buyer Share Falls to Historic Low of 21%, Median Age Rises to All-Time High of 40
The share of first-time buyers in the market has contracted by 50% since 2007—right before the Great Recession. The implications for the housing market are staggering.
From left, Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO, Rene Zurlo, Ron Garafalo, Maryann Tercasio and Robert Shandley
Natalia Wixom
Michael Simoes
Gabe Pasquale
From left, Bonnie Koff, Chair of the HG Realtor Foundation Fundraising Committee and Joan Marks, Vice Chair
Jesse Foppiano
Lisa Anderson
Valerie Port
Matt Rand, CEO/President
Cynthia Leite
Keeba Henry
Beth Hargraves, Julia, B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty and Donald Arace, Hudson United Mortgage
Gail Fattizzi, President of the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation
Acute Inflections, Sadiki Pierri and Elasea Douglas
From left, Barry Kramer, Eli Rodriguez, Anthony Domathoti, Dorothy Botsoe, Robert Shandley, John Crittenden and Ron Garafalo
From left, back row: Mary Prenon, Eli Rodriguez, Richard Haggerty and Gail Fattizzi; front row, Jana Currier and Carmen Bauman
Virginia Doetsch
Debra and Lou Budetti of ERA Inside Realty (second from right and far right) were among many who cheered on the runway models.