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A staggering 84% of Gen Z say they’re delaying milestones to buy a house. There’s ‘no single fix’ for the affordability crisis, real estate exec says
The American Dream of buying a home is still alive, but the path to get there looks very different from decades past.
A Coldwell Banker report shared with Fortune shows a staggering 84% of Gen Z say they’re delaying major life milestones like getting married, having children, changing careers, and getting a pet, just to afford to buy a home.
Harris Poll surveyed more than 3,000 U.S. adults on behalf of residential and commercial real estate firm Coldwell Banker, and found nearly all Gen Z (97%) and millennials (93%) want to buy a home someday, but the path to homeownership is increasingly difficult due to high home prices, mortgage rates, and other housing costs.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/10/gen-z-delaying-milestones-housing-affordability-crisis-no-single-fix/
A growing share of US homeowners are living without a mortgage, as aging baby boomers and long-term demographic shifts reshape the housing landscape.
According to a new analysis from ResiClub based on US Census Bureau data, 40.3% of owner-occupied homes in the country were mortgage-free in 2024, marking a record high and a modest uptick from 39.8% the year prior.
The share has climbed steadily over the past decade, up from 32.8% in 2010, signaling that more Americans are aging into debt-free homeownership.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/30/real-estate/more-than-40-of-us-homeowners-dont-have-mortgages/