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Baby boomers are buying up all the houses

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Baby boomers are buying up all the houses

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Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgM to

U.S. News@beehaw.org · 11 months ago

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This year, the average age for a repeat buyer was 58, according to data released Monday from the National Association of Realtors.

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Right, but the typical buyer isn’t 58. It’s implied in the article that it’s bimodal, with lots of older (Boomer) buyers skewing the median very high.

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