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If you are waiting to buy an affordable home when rates drop, you're out of luck
Lowered rates might make mortgages more affordable, but a housing shortage will keep prices high.
Allie Kelly
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The housing market just keeps getting worse for buyers. Prices haven't gone up this fast in at least 45 years.
As millennials reach homebuying age, the market couldn't be worse. The definitive CoreLogic index j…
Jason Lalljee
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I couldn't afford to buy a home in the US — so I invested in 5 in Europe instead
Amy Beihl didn't want to sacrifice travel to own a home, so she bought a share of five vacation hom…
Jordan Pandy
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Elder millennials are stuck in a lifestyle they can't afford
The picture of elder millennials' debt and spending versus their income is bleak right now.
Juliana Kaplan
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Millennials are feeling optimistic about buying a home this year, but they probably shouldn't be
Fatter salaries and savings have millennials more financially prepared than ever to buy a home, but…
Hillary Hoffower
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The global cities with the best quality of life show how dire the affordability crisis is
Rising costs of housing, food, clothing, and other essentials is making life in some of the world's…
Eliza Relman
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Arizona's Democratic governor squashed an effort to make homes more affordable as Biden travels to the state to promote his housing plans
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have cut away red tape that makes it harder an…
Eliza Relman
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A 37-year-old nonprofit exec can afford homeownership in the Bay Area only because she lives in an ADU in her mom's backyard
Katie Sandoval Clark pays $3,100 a month to live in the accessory dwelling unit — less than what sh…
Kelsey Neubauer
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Even 6-figure earners are being shoved out of the housing market
Compared to two years ago, the number of houses that people making $100,000 can afford has been mor…
Hillary Hoffower
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Meet a 28-year-old house hunter who put in 15 bids and lost 2 contracts over the past year: 'They ghosted me like a dude from a dating app'
It's a crappy time to buy a house right now. Just ask one millennial who moved from San Francisco t…
Hillary Hoffower
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Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than they did pre-COVID to comfortably afford a house in this market, Zillow says
Home prices are getting expensive, up 42% since January 2020, while median incomes haven't matched …
Aruni Soni
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Gen Z is better at saving than millennials. A new survey says it has a more positive outlook on homeownership, too
Previous research also shows that Gen Z already has a competitive edge when it comes to home owners…
Hannah Getahun
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A real estate CEO appraises the home ownership inequality problem in the US - and how to fix it
"The number one thing that businesses can do (to support affordable housing) is support higher taxe…
Paul Constant
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Urban millennials are making today's housing gridlock worse
Today's housing crisis isn't just because of unaffordable homes, per a USC study. Millennials just …
Hillary Hoffower
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Millennials are still driving a 'roaring '20s' of homeownership demand, but there aren't enough houses for them
Millennials drove potential homeownership demand to a record high, per First American. But a histor…
Hillary Hoffower
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Gen Zers can't always afford to have fun. Here's how I budget my $80,000 salary to save for a house and still enjoy my 20s.
A 24-year-old data analyst making $80,000 budgets every dollar she spends — but she still wants to …
Charissa Cheong
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I moved to an abandoned house in Japan's countryside. I learned that homeownership in Japan is not the same ticket towards long-term stability as it is in the US.
For Bethany "Bitsii" Nakamura, moving to the Japanese countryside was a cultural shift. She doesn't…
Jordan Pandy
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If you're a Californian, the state wants to cover almost half the cost of your new home
California Senate Democrats' new budget proposes the "California Dream for All" program to make hom…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Millennial homeownership is causing the US to run out of houses
Millennial demand for homes left America short of 2.5 million houses, Jefferies writes. Contractors…
Hillary Hoffower
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Gen Zers increasingly fear that homeownership is a hopeless dream
Over a third of Gen Zers surveyed recently believe they will never be homeowners, up from 27% in 20…