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Between attending showings, meeting with lenders, trading emails with your real estate agent, and vigilantly scouring for new listings, house-hunting often feels like a part-time job. Now, there’s actual data to back up the feeling.

A new report from real estate platform Opendoor found that first-time homebuyers are sinking a lot of time into finding a new home — and many are actually taking time off work for their search.