How old were you when you bought your first home? (renting, house hunting)

[JXBC]

Figured this would be an interesting sampling to see how CDers compare to the averages that we've seen from various research firms.

Average age of a homebuyers, for reference:
United States: 31.
United Kingdom: 35.
Canada: 29.

[HereinVA]

23. My husband was 28. It was in a suburb of San Diego. We closed on the house a few weeks after our wedding.

[dave nz]

26.....I now have two, 9 years later

[johngolf]

I was 24. Bought in a development of new homes. I gave into the wife on the house style. She wanted colonial. I hate colonial anything.

[Hemlock140]

At age 26, in 1978 we paid $50k, in the SF Bay Area. Today that place is worth
about $700k.

[Ralph_Kirk]

45. Didn't buy a house while I was in the military.

[davebarnes]

1977
Age 29
Sudbury, MA
paid $52.5K
14 Bentbrook Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776 - Zillow

[nyyfanatic85]

25, and my wife was 27.

[glamatomic]

28 when we started house hunting- a few weeks after my 29th Birthday when we actually closed on our house. My husband was 25 almost 26 (this was a little over a year and a half ago).

[Jkgourmet]

34, but I could have afforded a home much earlier. I chose to rent for all those years for the flexibility and freedom. Well worth the supposed 'money down the toilet.'

I'm still a fan of renting in many circumstances.