In a forthcoming MBA White Paper, “Implications of a Persistent Slowing in Housing Demand,” MBA’s Research and Economics team examines, among other topics, homeownership rates in the United States by age and by race and ethnicity. The overall homeownership rate stood at 65.3% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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82% Consider Homeownership Part of the American Dream, Bankrate Finds
More than eight in 10 Americans consider homeownership to be part of the American Dream, up from 78% last year and 74% in 2023, according to Bankrate, New York.
ATTOM: Homeownership Remains a Financial Stretch
Median-priced single-family homes and condos were less affordable in first-quarter 2025 compared to historical averages in 97% of counties around the nation with enough data to analyze, according to ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.