Coming out of the last housing crisis – can you believe we’re at the 10-year mark? – an urgent priority for the housing industry was to expand the market by getting more Millennials to buy homes. For the first nine years, that vision has not exactly panned out. Last year, Millennial homeownership rate dropped to the lowest level recorded in over 5 decades. As the economy improved and as Millennials continue to age, earn more, and start their own families, that dismal figure has rebounded to the current 35.3%, but it is still near 10 percent points lower than a decade ago. Here are reasons we found based on our latest research.
