As ResiClub editor Lance Lambert puts it, the first-time homebuyer in 2025 is just as close to taking Social Security as to graduating from high school.
Ten years ago, millennials bought first homes at 31. Now, Gen Z may wait until 40 as the housing market grows increasingly out of reach
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Gen Z and millennials can’t afford to buy a house, and it shows: The number of first-time homebuyers is half the historical norm
The first-time homebuyer just hit 40 years old for the first time ever, but the average homebuyer is nearly a senior citizen.
Despite affordability headwinds, more than half of Gen Z still thinks homeownership is part of the American dream.
Home buyers need to make six figures to afford a median-priced home in the U.S.
The number of first-time home buyers in 1995 was 3.2 million. Now it’s less than half that.
Young people are crossing a “threshold” into dangerous financial territory.
“We see the housing market remaining relatively stuck without major progress being made on affordability,” home construction CEO…
