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Family Tree of Hottest Homebuyer Last Names in 2017IRVINE, Calif., May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation's premier multi-sourced property database, today released its first-ever analysis of homebuyer last names, which shows that while home sales nationwide decreased 4 percent in 2017 compared to 2016, sales to buyers with last names of Lin, Zhang, Wu, Liu and Huang increased by more than 20 percent. Meanwhile, sales to buyers with last names of Burns, Porter, Jenkins and Cole decreased by 15 percent or more from 2016 to 2017. For this analysis, ATTOM looked at buyer last names on more than 2.3 million single family home sales deeds nationwide in 2016 and 2017 to determine the hottest names based on year-over-year percentage increase in home purchases. The analysis also looked at family name origin information from Ancestry.com for the hottest homebuyer names, as well as where these buyer names are most active by local market. Eight of top 10 hottest homebuyer last names of Chinese origin Click here to view a larger version of the infographic. Liu the hottest homebuyer last name in three states One buyer last name reistered as hottest in three states -- Liu in Maryland (2017 home purchases up 74 percent), Pennsylvania (2017 home purchases up 64 percent), and Washington (2017 home purchases up 68 percent). Eight buyer names came out on top in two states -- Anderson in Montana and Oklahoma; Davis in Arkansas and Kentucky; Ellis in Illinois and Virginia; Larson in California and Florida; Miller in Kansas and New Mexico; Nguyen in Louisiana and Oregon; and Walker in Alabama and South Carolina. This interactive heat map shows the hottest buyer names in each state. Smith hottest homebuyer last name in eight of 64 metro areas analyzed The hottest homebuyer last name was Smith in eight of 64 metropolitan statistical areas analyzed by ATTOM -- Dayton, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Greeley, Colorado, North Port-Sarasota, Florida, Spokane, Washington, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Worcester, Massachusetts. The last name Johnson was the hottest homebuyer last name in five metro areas, with Brown, Williams and Li all registering as hottest in three of the 64 metro areas. This interactive visual shows the hottest buyer names in select metro areas. About ATTOM Data Solutions Media Contact: Data and Report Licensing:
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