The typical first-time homebuyer in the U.S. is 40. Are Utahns waiting that long, too?

First-time homebuyers continue to get older nationwide — and likely in Utah.

The median age for purchasing a first home in the United States has now reached an all-time high of 40, according to an annual survey by the National Association of Realtors, up from last year’s record-breaking age of 38.

“It’s kind of a shocking number,” Jessica Lautz, deputy chief economist and vice president of research at the association, told The New York Times , adding that the “steep climb” has come only in recent years.

Typical first-time homebuyers were under 30 in the 1980s, according to the association’s 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, which this year features an older couple in the midst of moving on the cover.

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