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The circle of real estate begins with the first-time homebuyer

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Real Estate Agent with Lattimer Realty

Circle of Life of Real Estate begins with the first time homebuyerWhat first-time homebuyers mean to the real estate industry?  Well for starters, they are for lack of a better term, the bottom of the food chain, the circle of lifeFirst-time homebuyers mean EVERYTHING to the real estate industryWithout the first-time homebuyer, real estate would cease to exist.  The circle of real estate begins with the first-time homebuyer!! 

A first-time homebuyer is a buyer who buys their very first home.  Many first time homebuyers eventually become move up buyers (and first time home sellers) then eventually downsize depending on their needs.   Move up buyers often seek a home which is either larger than their first home or may have a different layout which further suits their needs or change in lifestyle.  Empty nesters typically downsize when the kids have grown and moved out and the now the family home is too big for them.  

The pattern or cycle that recreates itself more times than once, is the circle of life for real estateIt begins and end with the first-time homebuyer.  The first-time homebuyer's original house a/k/a the "starter house" will be sold to another first-time homebuyer, who will then become a move up buyer then an empty nester and the circle of real estate begins with the first-time homebuyer................. 

Laura Forman
RE/MAX AEROSPACE REALTY www.LauraSellsBrevard.com - Melbourne, FL
Your Brevard Premier Property Specialist

I love first time homebuyers.  It's wonderful to be a part of such an exciting time in their lives.

Feb 14, 2011 01:12 PM
Keith Vermilyea
Boise Homes Realty brokered by Found It LLC - Boise, ID

Gina ~ Unfortunately the first time home buyer is becoming a rather rare creature these days.  Many would be first time home buyers have too much economic uncertainty in their lives to be willing to commit to purchasing a home.  This of course will change in time and in some fortunate markets perhaps it already has.    

Feb 14, 2011 01:39 PM
Brenda Whitman, Live in Laramie Real Estate
Live in Laramie Real Estate, Laramie, Wyoming - Laramie, WY
Broker/Co-Owner, Laramie, Wyoming

You do have a point.  We all have to start somewhere.  I always thought our first home would be our only home, which is kind of funny!  I had no concept that we would outgrow it and move on to another, then another.  I wonder how many years until the downsizing begins! :-)

Feb 14, 2011 03:24 PM