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    December 3, 2020
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    WEBINAR: Jumping into Homeownership: The Activity and Renovations of First-time Home Buyers

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    One thing has been cer­tain over the last cou­ple of years, homes are in hot demand, even dur­ing this cur­rent pan­dem­ic envi­ron­ment. This holds true for those buy­ing a home for the first time. See HIR­I’s webi­nar fea­tur­ing Tom Allen, Vice Pres­i­dent at Deci­sion Ana­lyst dis­cussing the rise in first-time buy­ers, why they are tran­si­tion­ing into the hous­ing mar­ket, and the types of remod­el­ing activ­i­ty done by the novice home­own­ers. All infor­ma­tion comes from HIRI’s recent­ly released Recent Home Buy­er Study, sur­vey those who have recent­ly pur­chased a home, which is avail­able to all HIRI members.
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