Posted on December 30, 2009
Survey results Real Estate agents to predict sales will grow.16, 2009 11:10 AM
MSN Real Estate wasn't exaggerating when we said that first-time homebuyers now are getting VIP treatment from real-estate agents
who for years had focused more on move-up buyers and other big spenders.
A survey by the National Association of Realtors found that first-time homebuyers made up 47% of all home sales
from July 2008 to June 2009 -- up from 41% the previous year, and the highest percentage since the group began the survey in 1981. Maureen