Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, Wis., released its 2026 Planning and Progress Study, finding that 24% of millennials and 31% of Gen Z report that they are putting off buying a home due to financial pressures.
Tag: Homeownership
Recent Homebuyers Spend Up to $10,000 Within Two Years on Unexpected Repairs, New Report Finds
New homeowners are spending more than they anticipated on repairs they didn’t see coming, according to Jobber, Toronto.
Chart of the Week: Homeownership by Country
With the World Cup underway and pundits ranking national football (soccer) teams, it is useful to adopt a similar comparative lens to examine homeownership rates across countries—assessing how the U.S. compares and identifying some of the factors underlying cross-country variation.
AD Mortgage Asks How Middle-Class Homeownership Has Changed
AD Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., released a new report looking into how middle-class access to homeownership has changed from the 1960s to today, finding it has become harder for middle-class households to own homes over time.
KeyBank: 25% of Americans Say Homeownership Feels Out of Reach
KeyBank, Cleveland, released its 2026 Financial Mobility Pulse Poll, finding that a quarter of Americans say homeownership currently feels out of reach.
Another Pandemic-Era Trend Fades–Homeownership Costs are Cooling
First American’s Sam Williamson writes that the most intense of pandemic-era cost pressures may be easing.
Today’s Homebuyers Aren’t Optimistic — They’re Adapting [sponsored content from Truework]
Truework Founder Ethan Winchell explains why Millennials and Gen Z find homeownership riskier, more stressful, and more expensive than expected.
Today’s Homebuyers Aren’t Optimistic—They’re Adapting (sponsored by Truework)
Truework Founder Ethan Winchell explains why Millennials and Gen Z find homeownership riskier, more stressful, and more expensive than expected.
Millennials Say Financial Barriers Holding Them Back From Homeownership
Three-quarters of Millennials believe homeownership is out of reach for the average person in their generation and 61% say buying a home makes them feel in over their heads financially, according to Clever Offers, St. Louis.
Study Finds ‘Hidden’ Costs of Homeownership Hit $16,000 Annually
Zillow, Seattle, and Thumbtack, San Francisco, released a new analysis finding that the hidden costs of homeownership add up to $15,979 per year.