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If this statistic proves to be true, that means that 59 million people will be looking to enter the housing market in 2017.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002F17154301\u002FSTM-Share7.jpg","According to a \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bankrate.com\u002Ffinance\u002Fconsumer-index\u002Fmoney-pulse-0217.aspx\">survey\u003C\u002Fa> conducted by \u003Cem>Bankrate.com\u003C\u002Fem>, one in four Americans are considering buying a home this year. If this statistic proves to be true, that means that 59 million people will be looking to enter the housing market in 2017.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>The survey also revealed 3 key takeaways:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\n\u003Col>\r\n \t\u003Cli>Those most likely to buy are ‘Older Millennials’ (ages 27-36) or ‘Generation X’ (ages 37-52)\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>Minorities, particularly African-Americans, were twice as likely to respond that they were considering purchasing a home this year than white respondents.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>Many potential buyers \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fen\u002F2017\u002F01\u002F30\u002F2-myths-that-may-be-holding-back-buyers\u002F\">believe\u003C\u002Fa> they need to put 20% down and need to have perfect credit to own and are unaware of programs that would allow them to buy now.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\u003C\u002Fol>\r\nHolden Lewis, a mortgage analyst for 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