first-time buyer

noun [C]

Definition

› PROPERTY a person who is buying a house or apartment for the first time: Mortgage payments for first-time buyers are around 35% of take-home pay. First-time buyers are being priced out of the market.

(Definition of first-time buyer noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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