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- ATTOM Data Solutions reports that the average homeownership period reached 8.6 years as of the end of 2025.
- The period marks the longest off-market time for homes in at least 25 years, compared with 4.2 years in early 2000.
- Contributing factors include low mortgage rates during the pandemic and high home prices.
- The trend is strongest in coastal and Northeastern cities, where many homeowners stay for more than ten years.
