31%About 3 in 10of US existing-home sales in September 2026 went to first-time buyers, in NAR's monthly agent survey

Publisher

National Association of REALTORS, Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales

Source type

Industry body: Trade association report

What it measures

31% of US existing-home sales in September 2026 went to first-time buyers, in NAR's monthly agent survey

Data period

Sep 2026 (ends 30 Sep 2026)

Published by the source

13 Oct 2026

Who is counted

REALTORS Confidence Index: monthly survey of NAR members about their closed sales. Not the annual buyer survey.

In the source's words

First-time buyers represented 31% of sales, up from 30% in August and 30% one year ago.

Checked at source

23 Oct 2026: Read on the NAR release of 13 Oct 2026. Different method from the 21% annual Profile figure.

Reuse

Copyrighted; quote with attribution. Quote figures from free releases with credit to NAR; the full Profile is paid for non-members.

Next expected update

Profile yearly (National Association of REALTORS, profile yearly (November); Existing-Home Sales monthly)

Original page

www.nar.realtor: Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers; Generational Trends; Existing-Home Sales

Data files

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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

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