Overview
- Realtor.com reports 37% of recent buyers had no regrets in 2025, up from 31% in 2023.
- The share who felt they overpaid fell to 8% from 15% two years earlier, signaling greater confidence at closing.
- Homes spent a median 63 days on the market in October 2025, about 13 days longer than October 2023, allowing more time to evaluate options.
- Regret varied by generation, with 60% of Boomers reporting no regrets versus 45% of Gen X, 34% of Millennials, and 27% of Gen Z.
- When remorse occurred, top issues were unexpected maintenance (16%), higher household costs (15%), and drained savings after closing (14%), based on a February 2025 survey of 1,267 recent buyers.