TD Bank: First-time homebuyers on the upswing in Florida and nationwide

Debt and stagnant wages cut the number of first-time homebuyers during the recession, but a new survey from TD Bank indicates that’s changing.

The survey shows nearly one in five potential first-time homebuyers are actively looking to buy. About 62 percent of potential first-time buyers expect to purchase a home within the next two years; among millennials, ages 18-to-34 years old, that number rises to 67 percent.

TD Bank polled more than 1,000 Americans looking to buy their first home within… …read more