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Buyer satisfaction among homebuyers has improved over the last two years as the housing market’s slower pace has given house hunters more time to plan for homeownership.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Buyer Satisfaction Among New<\/strong> helps improve planning, consistency, and publishing quality when teams follow a repeatable workflow.<\/p>\n In 2025, nearly 4 in 10 homebuyers (37%) said they did not experience regret over their purchase, up from 31% in 2023, according to the Realtor.com\u00ae 2025 Consumer Attitudes & Usage Study.<\/p>\n As part of the study, researchers at MarketVision Research in February surveyed 1,267 respondents who had acquired a home in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n One of the most common complaints among homebuyers\u2014feeling like they overpaid for their new dwelling\u2014saw a major dip, declining from 15% in 2023 to just 8% this year, the survey found.\u00a0<\/p>\n The reason for this dramatic shift, according to researchers, is that the market has cooled, with the typical for-sale home waiting for a buyer 63 days as of October, nearly two weeks longer than two years ago, according to the monthly housing market trends report from Realtor.com. <\/p>\n Laura Eddy<\/strong>, Realtor.com vice president of research and insight, explains that during the pandemic, the housing market heavily favored sellers and moved at a breakneck speed, leaving buyers feeling rushed to put in an offer as quickly as possible, or risk losing out.<\/p>\n In that environment, Eddy says there was little time to stop and weigh the consequences of homeownership, which increased the likelihood of post-purchase buyer’s remorse.<\/p>\n “As the market has shifted to be more of a buyer’s market and some of those pressures have alleviated, the buyer … has more time to think through implications,” says Eddy. “They don’t necessarily have to, or they don’t feel like they have to put in an offer the first time they see a house.”<\/p>\n Today’s buyers do not feel pressured to bid over asking price without considering what they can actually afford, and, in fact, they are more likely than before to ask sellers for concessions.<\/p>\n Additionally, Eddy notes that homebuyers in 2025 are better prepared than ever, venturing into the market with their finances in order, credit scores improved, and down payments saved up. <\/p>\n