I am 31 now. I paid 165k in 2017. I wouldn’t be able to afford this today, but God am I glad to only be paying 1200 a month for shelter. Hoping to knock off pmi this year.
I'm 32 and my husband is 34. We just closed in May! I thought we were "behind" but I think that's just how it is for us millennials (having graduated into a recession, many of us duped into student loans).
Hey! Off topic slightly but you should look into the native plants in your area and try to reintroduce them to your new land while combating the invasive plants that are like there. Invasive plants, coming from other parts of the world, out compete the native plants because they don’t have the natural controls here that would have evolved with them in the part of the world they came from. They don’t provide the native habitat that our insects, bees, birds, and wildlife have evolved to rely on. Reintroducing native plants is very very helpful for the environment.
Single and just bought too! Have you introduced yourself to your neighbors at all? Mine haven’t said much and I’m kind of nervous to just introduce myself to the unknown old guy next door and the unknown family on the other side.
I’m 24 & I haven’t bought yet, but my sisters were 29 & 33 when they bought homes last year. I have three other siblings who are 36-38 and none have bought a home yet. The average age of first time homeownership last year was 33, but I still feel like I’m so behind because I hate renting.
I’m 32 and I’m not quite sure at what age I started to feel so behind, but I wanted to tell you that feeling is normal even when it’s not true. You see your friends (maybe in a few more years for you) all buying houses, getting married, having babies and their second babies and you’ll feel like what are you doing wrong. The biggest thief of joy is comparing your timeline to others. Don’t rush it. My fiancé (33) and I just moved into our first home almost three weeks ago and this house is a dream home I would have never imagined owning if we had purchased something in the last 5 years. I would constantly see my friends FB posts and wonder when it was my turn to finally “be an adult” with owning a home. The fact that you’re already so conscious of buying a home at 24 is fantastic! Wish you all the best on this journey!
I was the opposite. I liked renting. Disposal not working? Call the office. Refrigerator died? Call the office. Water leak in the ceiling? Call the office - it’ll be repaired by the end of next week.
Exactly the same as me (36) and husband (37) closed July 2021. We had been saving for 13+ years because we bought in a VHCOL (SF Bay Area) and had 20% down.
32. Didn't think it would ever happen for me, honestly. I mean, I know I'm still relatively young for a homeowner nowadays, but it wasn't even something I thought was a possibility until the beginning of the year. Still feels super weird.
child, i brought my first home at 38 last year. my childs father brought his coop last year also, and hes a year older than me. you're ready when you're ready.
24 in 2005. Wife and I got married on a beach with only our parents, ring or any of that Money went toward a down payment (she still doesn’t have a diamond haha), and we got married after we bought the house and went on honeymoon before we got married (cruise ticket deal). So yeah.
22&23 March 2022. Older siblings 26&29 still renting (all of us are in south fl) for $100-200 more than our mortgage and we have more space and a huge backyard
2021 at 23. Thanks to some luck, a big chunk of savings from wedding gifts, and a brother in law for a real estate agent who was nice enough to help us out with closing costs.
26. I lost my job during the housing recession and decided home would be the one stable thing that’s within my control. I saved every penny and bought a few years later. It’s in NYC so prices didnt drop much but it was a good place to put my money and have zero regrets!
26, but the disclaimer is that I was able to get the down payment gifted to me by my parents. I would not have been able to without their help, and if I had to try in todays market there would be no way.
Yup! This is what I said and got downvoted for it. It’s the truth, not sure why people get so triggered when I say that if you’re younger than 30 you most likely did not buy in CA. The age you buy and the state you buy in are highly correlated. I’ve known people who are well off and even they couldn’t afford with family help in their 20s, you have to have serious money! ( or maybe you bought 12 years ago as did my cousin, she bought a home for $112k but it was a fixer upper and she struggled a lot financially but it paid off for her, it’s not easy here in CA, working hard isn’t enough)
45 but we paid for IVF and my husband started his own business prior both of which put buying a house in a hcol area out of each for a time but totally worth it.
Thank you
I’ll get back to you when it happens.
Right 😩
Same
36 and waiting on closing this week.
Same!!! Good luck!!!
We DO exist!!! Hopefully a congrats coming ure way
Congrats! Same age and just sitting tight while we wait to close on our first home, too!
Wow LOL we are all 36? Strange, probably the time most people buy.
Closed on June 24th and turned 36 on the 30th. My partner is 35 and it's his first home too :)
Same here! We should be closing next month. Glad to know there are literally tens of us
Same! We just closed in April.
I am 31 now. I paid 165k in 2017. I wouldn’t be able to afford this today, but God am I glad to only be paying 1200 a month for shelter. Hoping to knock off pmi this year.
Get an appraisal. That can knock it off.
Knocked PMI off after 2 years. Definitely look into it before a crash.
36, we close in 3.5 weeks. Husband is 41 as of today.
45 10/2021👍
44. Late bloomer.
43 here!
Same! Congrats!
35. 2 days ago.
Congratulations!
31
Same!
24, in 2005. Was foreclosed on in 2008. After a long road I bought again in 2020 at 39 and consider myself a second-time FTHB.
Born-again FTHB.
Mind sharing some of your story? Would love to gain some wisdom from you!
Having lived through that, how do you feel about the current housing market?
congratulations on getting back on track!
56 still in underwriting
Good luck!
33, last year. When from renting to an apt in an urban area to 20 acres near national forest.
Live in an urban area now and plan to move to an area near a national park or forest in 2-3 years. How’s it going?
I'm 32 and my husband is 34. We just closed in May! I thought we were "behind" but I think that's just how it is for us millennials (having graduated into a recession, many of us duped into student loans).
Hey! Off topic slightly but you should look into the native plants in your area and try to reintroduce them to your new land while combating the invasive plants that are like there. Invasive plants, coming from other parts of the world, out compete the native plants because they don’t have the natural controls here that would have evolved with them in the part of the world they came from. They don’t provide the native habitat that our insects, bees, birds, and wildlife have evolved to rely on. Reintroducing native plants is very very helpful for the environment.
25. Closing next week 🤞
24 for me, just happened to luck out with the house and currently have everything rolling
SAME!!!
Congrats. What was your mortgage rate?
Same but in 2019!
40. 2022
Me too
33. Just closed on my townhome a week ago! Single female here, tired of waiting for my Prince Charming.
Congrats!! 31 and about to make settlement over here
Single and just bought too! Have you introduced yourself to your neighbors at all? Mine haven’t said much and I’m kind of nervous to just introduce myself to the unknown old guy next door and the unknown family on the other side.
My partner and I FTHB in our late 20s/early 30s. Bought in 2019.
Also DINKs with good credit here. Bought in 2020 at 25 and 29. 5% down but our payment is only slightly higher than rent was.
46 and closing next week
23 and so is 26. 2022
44. Woo hoooo!
38
2022 and I was 27!
I was 28 and bought with 5000 out of pocket with an fha loan
I got an FHA too and really wish I had gone with a conventional :( can I ask how much you pay/paid in MIP, and are you still paying it?
24, closing next week 😮💨
32
49
Same here. HCOL area so now finally bought in the outer parts of the San Francisco Bay Area
23, this year, in Europe. Bought with my s/o (23M), a century house that needs renovating in a village that's in the middle of nowhere.
An agent that looks out for you??? Imagine that!
41
43 and it felt great!
Same!
45-2021
I’m 24 & I haven’t bought yet, but my sisters were 29 & 33 when they bought homes last year. I have three other siblings who are 36-38 and none have bought a home yet. The average age of first time homeownership last year was 33, but I still feel like I’m so behind because I hate renting.
I’m 32 and I’m not quite sure at what age I started to feel so behind, but I wanted to tell you that feeling is normal even when it’s not true. You see your friends (maybe in a few more years for you) all buying houses, getting married, having babies and their second babies and you’ll feel like what are you doing wrong. The biggest thief of joy is comparing your timeline to others. Don’t rush it. My fiancé (33) and I just moved into our first home almost three weeks ago and this house is a dream home I would have never imagined owning if we had purchased something in the last 5 years. I would constantly see my friends FB posts and wonder when it was my turn to finally “be an adult” with owning a home. The fact that you’re already so conscious of buying a home at 24 is fantastic! Wish you all the best on this journey!
You are NOT an adult just because you buy a home. This is a behavioral economic quirk of American society, it’s not actually true
This is how I feel. I’m 26. Thank you for sharing that stat
I was the opposite. I liked renting. Disposal not working? Call the office. Refrigerator died? Call the office. Water leak in the ceiling? Call the office - it’ll be repaired by the end of next week.
21, 2008
I’m 33 and actively trying to buy a house but by the looks of it I’ll be 50. ffs something’s gotta give man.
Just keep adding to that down payment in the mean time bro. I think the right time will come soon. Prices are still dropping consistently
36 & 37 (husband). 2021. We’d been saving for a decade.
Exactly the same as me (36) and husband (37) closed July 2021. We had been saving for 13+ years because we bought in a VHCOL (SF Bay Area) and had 20% down.
36, closed last week
32. Didn't think it would ever happen for me, honestly. I mean, I know I'm still relatively young for a homeowner nowadays, but it wasn't even something I thought was a possibility until the beginning of the year. Still feels super weird.
27, 2012
Great equity I’m sure!
I was 23, and 1999. It was 50k. It’s was 100 years old.
Turned 34 on June 25th and had closed June 17th
32, bought Nov. ‘21
Wife and I were 33 and 34, respectively. Purchased Nov 2020
25 and 27 but with family help. Siblings in law were 28, 29, 29.
34. July 2021
I was 25, bought a beat up Victorian for 90 k in 1996. Fixed it up and sold it for 230 in 2008
21, 2019
Wow! We’re the same age and no way I could’ve done this 3 years ago. Congrats!
27, bought first house in May this year!
30
37
37 and 36
30 in 2021
30. Close a week from tomorrow!
41, 2022
24. Closed last week!
25 and fiancé is 24 closing next week!
38. yet to move in
28, purchased last year.
27- 2021
I was 24 in 2021. $370k by myself.
28, 2012
27, bought in December 2020
Just closed last week, husband and I are 28.
30 and closed two weeks ago!
25 and last year!
23 just bought my first home last month
38 and husband 39
33, closed 2 weeks ago
33, 2021
I closed on my 38th birthday…almost one year ago.
19!!
Just bought at 27. Feels too soon and like I’m in over my head a bit.
child, i brought my first home at 38 last year. my childs father brought his coop last year also, and hes a year older than me. you're ready when you're ready.
39 and waiting on closing on 07/28
Awesome, you got this!
30 for my first home, 33 for my second (this year)
Congrats!
24 in 2005. Wife and I got married on a beach with only our parents, ring or any of that Money went toward a down payment (she still doesn’t have a diamond haha), and we got married after we bought the house and went on honeymoon before we got married (cruise ticket deal). So yeah.
34
39
36. And I was 47 when I sold it and am now a renter again.
30, 2022.
32.
I am due to close on my last day of 30!
Just closed 2 days ago, 25 yo
32, 2016
27 in the beginning of 2021. One of the most stressful things I’ve ever gone through but it worked out.
27 years old, and closed Feb 1st 2022. I turned 28 the next month.
I was 26 and my husband was 30, last year 2021.
24, 2022!
Days after my 25th birthday in 2018
31, husband 35, this was last year while we were engaged!
30 - we bought in early 2022
Age 28, 2015. South Florida.
We bought at 29 and 30 two years ago.
29F and 30M, just closed this week!
42, closing this week.
21, this year
28, 2022.
Bought when I was 24 in 2020, definitely would not have been able to buy now
22&23 March 2022. Older siblings 26&29 still renting (all of us are in south fl) for $100-200 more than our mortgage and we have more space and a huge backyard
2 weeks after turning 34!
36.
32, in 2000.
48.
33, 2021
This year and I’m 31
39, closed 1 month ago!
26. On house number 4 now at 33. Yes, I am exhausted.
35
40
42, bought in October of last year. Single female with 3 four-legged freeloaders holding it all on my own.
40; December 22, 2021
43, last year
29, closed 5 days before my 30th birthday! Lifelong milestone was to buy a house before I turn 30.
23 or 24, genuinely can’t remember 😅 just closed on our second home a month and a half ago at 27!
2021 at 23. Thanks to some luck, a big chunk of savings from wedding gifts, and a brother in law for a real estate agent who was nice enough to help us out with closing costs.
Does knowing your real estate agent typically help with that? What can they help you save on if willing?
32 and we’ve been in the house for two months.
26. I lost my job during the housing recession and decided home would be the one stable thing that’s within my control. I saved every penny and bought a few years later. It’s in NYC so prices didnt drop much but it was a good place to put my money and have zero regrets!
26
33. Closed in February.
26, but the disclaimer is that I was able to get the down payment gifted to me by my parents. I would not have been able to without their help, and if I had to try in todays market there would be no way.
32, last week. Single woman
Depends on where you live. In HCOL areas, most people are in their 30s when they’re finally able to buy (unless they have serious family money).
Yup! This is what I said and got downvoted for it. It’s the truth, not sure why people get so triggered when I say that if you’re younger than 30 you most likely did not buy in CA. The age you buy and the state you buy in are highly correlated. I’ve known people who are well off and even they couldn’t afford with family help in their 20s, you have to have serious money! ( or maybe you bought 12 years ago as did my cousin, she bought a home for $112k but it was a fixer upper and she struggled a lot financially but it paid off for her, it’s not easy here in CA, working hard isn’t enough)
31
41, last year 2021
45 but we paid for IVF and my husband started his own business prior both of which put buying a house in a hcol area out of each for a time but totally worth it.
22. 2022
19
4 or 5 can’t remember exactly
24 years old bought a two apartment home 1 hour outside of NYC it pays to play!!!! Always buy rentals first before buying the “forever home”
28, in 2020.
27, 2022
I am hoping to buy this year or early next. 24 with SO (25)
22, 2022
40. 2021.
22-2020
1990s, in my 30s; still own it. paid mid 300's.
Age is nothing but a number
21, 2021. Had to have my dad cosign the loan though since I’m self employed.
33, 2022
33
27 2015
24, 2016
Mobile home on rented lot, 2015 and 28, but first house 2020 and 33.
28; closing in a week and a half.
24, April 2021
30 in 2019.
I was 32 when I closed in 2021.
28 this year
29 in 2021. Spouse was also 29.
I'm 28 & I close in 2 weeks.