• 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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