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Gallup poll: Share of non-homeowners who expect to buy a home hits record low

Denver7 · · 879 words · By Shannon Ogden
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non-homeowners who expect to buy a home within five years has dropped to 25%, the lowest Gallup has ever recorded in seven readings since it began asking the question in 2013.

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What happened

non-homeowners who expect to buy a home within five years has dropped to 25%, the lowest Gallup has ever recorded in seven readings since it began asking the question in 2013.

Why it matters

Another 28% of non-homeowners say they expect to buy within 10 years, and 45% do not think they will do so in the foreseeable future.

Common ground

The latest findings come from Gallup's annual Economy and Personal Finance poll, conducted April 1–15, a period when the median home price hovered around $409,000 and mortgage rates, while somewhat lower than a year ago, remained well above the historic lows…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 23 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Another 28% of non-homeowners say they expect to buy within 10 years, and 45% do not think they will do so in the foreseeable future.”
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Two independent sources (Semafor and another news report) explicitly state that 28% expect to buy within 10 years and 45% do not expect to buy in the foreseeable future.
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web search NEUTRAL — Story Highlights25% of non-homeowners think they will buy a home within five years67% of U.S. adults think now is a bad time to buy a house
https://news.gallup.com/poll/708995/homebuying-intentions-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — Just 28% expect to buy a home within 10 years, while 45% don’t see themselves buying a home in the foreseeable future. The poll, conducted at the beginning of April, adds to a picture of economic gloo…
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/29/2026/fewer-americans-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Another 28% plan on buying a home within 10 years, but 45% don’t see a home purchase within their foreseeable future.Gallup found just 15% of current homeowners expect to sell within the next five yea…
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/fewer-americans-plan-to-b…
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Claim 2: “65% expecting prices in their area to increase over the next year, up 8 percentage points from 2025.”
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Claim 3: “Currently, 18% of homeowners say they plan to sell within the next five years, 16% say within the next 10 years, and 65% say they are unlikely to sell in the foreseeable future.”
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Claim 4: “The share expecting to buy within 10 years has risen from 27% to 41%”
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The provided evidence does not contain the specific percentage increase from 27% to 41% for young non-homeowners expecting to buy within 10 years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Story Highlights25% of non-homeowners think they will buy a home within five years65% of Americans think home prices will increase in the next year
https://news.gallup.com/poll/708995/homebuying-intentions-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the new Gallup poll, 25 percent of non-homeowners said they believe they “will buy a home” within five years.The Gallup poll also found that 57 percent of respondents said they believe the price of…
https://thehill.com/business/housing/5288321-few-expect-home…
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web search NEUTRAL — Just 28% expect to buy a home within 10 years, while 45% don’t see themselves buying a home in the foreseeable future. The poll, conducted at the beginning of April, adds to a picture of economic gloo…
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/29/2026/fewer-americans-s…
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Claim 5: “When Gallup next asked the question in 2025, that figure had dropped to 30%.”
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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.
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Claim 6: “Homeownership in the U.S. has averaged 61% in Gallup polls since 2012, down from 70% between 2001 and 2011.”
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Claim 7: “Two-year combined averages show that just 29% of non-homeowners aged 18 to 34 in 2025 and 2026 say they expect to buy a home within five years, down from 57% in 2013 and 2015 and 53% in 2016 and 2018.”
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The evidence confirms the 25% overall figure and mentions the decline is most pronounced among young adults, but the specific percentages for 2025-2026 (29%) and the historical comparisons (57% in 2013-2015, 53% in 2016-2018) are not present in the provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — 25% of non-homeowners think they will buy a home within five years. 67% of U.S. adults think now is a bad time to buy a house.Young adults aged 18 to 34 (79%) are also much more likely than 35- to 54-…
https://news.gallup.com/poll/708995/homebuying-intentions-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — Another 28% plan on buying a home within 10 years, but 45% don’t see a home purchase within their foreseeable future. Gallup’s tracking goes back to 2013 on this question. The decline in near-term hom…
https://abc45.com/news/nation-world/fewer-americans-plan-to-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fewer Americans who don’t own a home are expecting to buy a home within the next five years, according to a new poll. In the Gallup poll, 19 percent of the non-homeowner…
https://politomix.com/the-hill/2355680/fewer-non-homeowners-…
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Claim 8: “This is the fifth consecutive year that a majority of U.S. adults have seen the market as unfavorable”
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Claim 9: “Between 2013 and 2018, non-homeowners' intentions to buy a home within five years were much higher, ranging from 41% to 49%.”
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Claim 10: “the median home price hovered around $409,000”
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The provided evidence mentions median listing prices around $392,000 or sale prices around $364,000 from Realtor.com, but does not specifically confirm a median home price of $409,000 for the April 1-15 period.
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web search NEUTRAL — The median listing price for properties hit a record $392,000 in February, according to a new analysis from Realtor.com.Sale prices, however, also hit records in February: The median home last month s…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/real-estate-home-price-nears-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — The median U.S. home price hit bottom in 2012 after a 33 percent drop, as measured by the National Association of Realtors. In February, the median price was up 12 percent from a year earlier, the tra…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-26/home-valu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Median house prices are now 6 times the median income, up from 4-5 times 20 years ago. The ratio of median rents to median income rose from 25 to 30%.
https://econofact.org/hitting-home-housing-affordability-in-…
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Claim 11: “Two years ago, 18% of Republicans and Republican leaners said it was a good time to buy a house.”
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Claim 12: “Majorities of U.S. adults have predicted that home prices would increase since 2013, aside from 2020, when pandemic uncertainty pushed that figure down to 40%.”
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Claim 13: “the share of young non-homeowners saying they will not buy in the foreseeable future has more than doubled, from 13% to 30%.”
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The provided evidence does not contain the specific percentage increase from 13% to 30% for young non-homeowners not buying in the foreseeable future.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 5, 2025 · That percentage is higher for homeowners who have paid a substantial amount of their mortgage. Increasing home prices have contributed to upward spirals in taxes, while climate change an…
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/six-million-americans-are…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 3, 2023 · What percentage is the structure worth vs land for depreciation? In California in the property tax bill you can see sometimes the land is 90% and the structure is 10% but the reality to …
https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1156645-what-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 1, 2023 · What Percentage Does Airbnb Take? Many Airbnb hosts only pay a flat service fee of 3% of the booking subtotal. The subtotal includes the price guests pay per night, and any additional fe…
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/how-much-does-airbnb-take
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Claim 14: “Just 29% of Americans say now is a good time to buy a house, while 67% say it is a bad time.”
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Claim 15: “The share of U.S. non-homeowners who expect to buy a home within five years has dropped to 25%, the lowest Gallup has ever recorded in seven readings since it began asking the question in 2013.”
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Multiple independent sources (Semafor, and other news reports) confirm that 25% of non-homeowners expect to buy a home within five years, citing a Gallup poll.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ACCORD is to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned. How to use accord in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Accord.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/according
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web search NEUTRAL — Phrasal verb accord with something (Definition of according from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accordin…
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web search NEUTRAL — The term according to can be used to attribute something reported — according to the news, the airports are closed (even though according to your friend, they're still open). It also refers to agreeme…
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/according
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Claim 16: “Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (41%) nearly twice as likely as Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (22%) to say it is a good time to buy.”
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Claim 17: “Gallup's annual Economy and Personal Finance poll, conducted April 1–15”
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While web results confirm Gallup conducts polls on economy and personal finance, the specific dates of April 1-15 for this particular poll are not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though Semafor mentions the poll was conducted at the beginning of April.
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover news based on national and global public opinion research. We report on business, political, social and education issues, and more.
https://news.gallup.com/home.aspx
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · All Gallup articles on All Gallup Headlines Most Americans have at least six hours of free time each week; for those who have time and want to volunteer but are not doing so, not knowing …
https://news.gallup.com/topic/all-gallup-headlines.aspx
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web search NEUTRAL — LOR Foundation-Gallup Research Hub Explore Gallup research on community leadership, community engagement, and the barriers and motivators for local action in rural communities.
https://news.gallup.com/topic/report.aspx
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Claim 18: “Meanwhile, 22% believe prices will stay the same and 12% think they will fall.”
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Claim 19: “the percentage saying it is a good time to buy has risen from its record low of 21% in 2023 and 2024.”
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Claim 20: “According to the Colorado Association of Realtors, the median sale price for a single-family home in the Denver metro is around $575,000.”
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The evidence provided mentions a median sales price of $380,000 for single-family residential in Aurora (part of the metro) and a mean price of $260.7k in 2018, but does not confirm the $575,000 figure for the Denver metro area.
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web search NEUTRAL — The median sales price is $380,000 for single-family residential and $254,000 for condos, suggesting that Aurora is still an affordable option in the metro area. Is the slowing down a change in the ma…
https://coloradorealtors.com/2018/08/10/evidence-of-denver-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Question. House prices: Data from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors indicates that the mean price of a home in Denver Colorado, in December 2018 was 260.7 thousand dollars. A random sample of 7…
https://www.questionai.com/questions-tAZP80Fvv70v/house-pric…
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web search NEUTRAL — Zillow has 610955 homes for sale in United States. View listing photos, review sales history, and use our detailed real estate filters to find the perfect place.
https://www.zillow.com/us/
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Claim 21: “Young adults aged 18 to 34 (79%) are also much more likely than 35- to 54-year-olds (64%) and those aged 55 and older (57%) to think home prices will rise.”
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Claim 22: “The poll finds that 61% of Americans say they own their primary residence, while 34% rent.”
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Claim 23: “City residents (71%) are more likely than their suburban (62%) and rural (61%) counterparts to expect an increase.”
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