- Detached single-family homes continue to be the most popular type of home purchased, accounting for 77 percent of the home buying market.
- Eight percent of households purchased a townhouse or row house and 9 percent purchased a condo.
- First-time home buyers are slightly more likely to purchase a townhouse or a condo than repeat buyers.
- New homes that were purchased were slightly more likely than existing homes to be a townhouse or row house.
- Single buyers were more likely to purchase a townhouse or condo than married couples and unmarried couples.
- For the full 2011 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, click here >
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