{"id":50878,"date":"2021-10-28T10:43:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=50878"},"modified":"2021-10-28T10:43:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:43:14","slug":"what-are-first-time-homebuyers-scared-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/what-are-first-time-homebuyers-scared-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What are first-time homebuyers scared of? Their finances."},"content":{"rendered":"

Both first-time and repeat homebuyers are moderately afraid of the homebuying process \u2014 but the fears they rank the highest and the ones that affect the process differ, a new report released Friday by\u00a0OJO Labs<\/a>\u00a0revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A survey of 200 homebuyers conducted between July 2020 and July 2021 \u2014 a time when the housing market ran the gamut from stagnation to frenzy \u2014 found that, on average, buyers reported a fear level of 51.2 on a scale from 0-100. First-time buyers skewed slightly higher on that same scale, reporting a fear level of 52.9, while repeat buyers reported a fear level of 50.7.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen you break down the top fears for each group, it becomes clear that different fears drive their behavior.
\nFor first-time homebuyers, financial-related fears made up four out of the top five fears. Specifically, the fear of not being able to afford a mortgage and being too nervous to take a look at their own finances ranked as the second and third biggest fears. Despite financial-related fears dominating the top five, it was actually the fear that there are better options out there that was the top-rated fear for first-time homebuyers.
\nFirst-time buyers didn\u2019t let these fears greatly disrupt the process, however. The fear of better options delayed respondents’ homebuying timelines by an average of 4.5 days, while the fear of not being able to afford a mortgage caused no delay at all. COVID-19 related concerns ranked low on the list of top fears, but interestingly expedited the timeline of first-time homebuyers, by an average of 97.2 days, or more than three months.<\/p>\n

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For repeat buyers, the fear that home prices would continue to rise was at the top of the list, followed by a fear that inventory would continue to decline \u2014 both of which are economic-related fears. The third biggest fear was the one that first-time buyers cited as their top fear, a fear that there would be better options out there. Ultimately, repeat buyers were less scared of or deterred by personal finance-related fears, with the fear of being able to afford a mortgage coming in last.
\nRepeat buyers let their top fears have a bigger impact on their timelines, however, with a fear of rising home prices delaying their timeline by an average 11.1 days. A fear that inventory would continue to decline delayed timelines, while a fear that there would be better options out there delayed timelines by 28.5 days, nearly a month\u2014a stark contrast from first-time homebuyers.<\/p>\n

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\nThe other major difference was how the pandemic disrupted timelines. For repeat buyers, COVID-19-related concerns placed fourth and delayed timelines on average by 12.3 days, which is a massive difference from the more than three months by which first-time buyers said it expedited their timelines.
\nThe OJO Labs fear survey surveyed a diverse cohort of 200 individuals, representative of the population, who had purchased homes in the past 12 months. Since the respondents\u00a0<\/em>were able to choose more than one fear as their top fear, the top fear column adds up to\u00a0<\/em>more than 100%.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nPatrick Kearns is the Director of Storytelling at OJO Labs. Prior to joining OJO Labs, Patrick worked as a journalist for more than a decade, most recently covering housing and real estate at Inman News. He\u2019s also written for The Guardian, The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Vice, and others.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both first-time and repeat homebuyers are moderately afraid of the homebuying process \u2014 but the fears they rank the highest and the ones that affect the process differ, a new report released Friday by\u00a0OJO Labs\u00a0revealed. Download PDF A survey of 200 homebuyers conducted between July 2020 and July 2021 \u2014 a time when the housing market ran the gamut from stagnation to frenzy \u2014 found that, on average, buyers reported a fear level of 51.2 on a scale from 0-100. First-time buyers skewed slightly higher on that same scale, reporting a fear level of 52.9, while repeat buyers reported a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":50883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,41],"tags":[158,105,64],"class_list":["post-50878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-tips","category-market-trends","tag-finances","tag-home-buying-tips","tag-market-trends","post--single"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat are first-time homebuyers scared of? 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