How Much Are Student Loans Affecting First Time Home Buyers?

Graph from NAR Research

The fact that student loans affect first time home buyers is not surprising. However, the amount of impact may take you by surprise.  71% of people interviewed stated that student loans impacted their home buying.  Furthermore, only 5% stated that student loans had no impact on their ability to purchase a home .

It seems that the concern over student loans continues to increase.  It will be interesting to see how student loans continue to affect the financial futures of current generations.  Furthermore, how will this impact the large economic force that is the real estate market.