97 percent of first-time home buyers would never go back to renting.
• 77 percent believe buying their home is the best investment they ever
made.
• Nearly 75 percent believe that the value of their home will go up in
2006.
• 78 percent of renters believe that it is generally true that people
cannot obtain mortgages without perfect credit, and 52 percent of
renters believe that they personally can't get a mortgage because of
credit issues. But 46 percent of the first-time buyers surveyed didn't
believe their credit was "excellent" or even "very good."
Source: REALTOR® Magazine Online
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