Why It's Harder For Millenials to Buy a Home

 Source: The Skimm

Buying a house can feel next to impossible these days. But it’s not just the price of homes or mortgage rates going up that’s keeping the housing market tight. Long before the pandemic made supply chain issues commonplace, millennials have had extra trouble becoming homeowners.

Some of the reasons why it’s difficult include a slowdown in homebuilding after the Great Recession, home prices that have outpaced wages, boomers who are staying in their homes longer, investors and investment firms buying up the kinds of properties that appeal to first-time buyers, and student loan debt.

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