Buy a fixer-upper in a better location; 9% a condo or apartment instead of a house
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10% would buy a fixer-upper in a better location; 9% a condo or apartment instead of a house.
n = 3,034 prospective first-time homebuyers · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,034
- Population
- prospective first-time homebuyers
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Where First-Time Buyers Want to Live
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Buy a fixer-upper in a better location; 9% a condo or apartment instead of a house" Survey of 3,034 prospective first-time homebuyers, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/buy-a-fixer-upper-in-a-better-location
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