Homeownership
A 5-Year Delay in Homeownership, Other Big Shifts
By Chris Porter Generational definitions of millennial tend to be too broad. As our company’s housing demographer, I am responsible for bringing clarity...
Falling Homeownership
By John Burns, CEO Today’s 63.7% US homeownership rate* (down from 69.1% 12 years ago) is propped up by a very high homeownership...
U.S. Home Sellers Realized Average Price Gain Of $51,000 In Second Quarter Of 2017, Highest In 10 Years
Average Homeownership Tenure Increases to New Record High of 8.05 Years; Cash Sales Share of Home Sales Increases Annually For First Time in...
Redfin Study: Middle-Class African-American and Hispanic Families Virtually Priced out of Homeownership in Hot West Coast Markets
Fewer than five percent of homes for sale in Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego and Phoenix were affordable on median...
Student Debt’s Drag on Homeownership
By John Burns, CEO For eight years in a row now, homeownership has fallen in the first quarter, and we expect another small...
John Burns: Shifting Family Structure Hurting Homeownership
By John Burns, CEO When researching our new book Big Shifts Ahead, we learned that 40% of all kids are born to an...
Unison HomeBuyer Program is Shortening the Path to Homeownership for Millions of Americans
FirstREX is changing its name to Unison Home Ownership Investors and making it possible for more people to buy a home today. Trailblazing...
John Burns: The Foreclosure Generation: From 4% Above Norm to 7% Below Norm Homeownership
By John Burns, CEO Those born in the 1970s have fallen from having a 4% higher than normal homeownership rate in 2004 to...
John Burns: Homeownership No Longer Has Tax Savings
by John Burns We believe we have found one of the primary reasons why entry-level home buying has not recovered—and why homeownership has...
Delayed Marriage Equals Delayed Homeownership
The share of 25– 29 year-olds who are married is down by almost 48% for men and 43% for women from 1970. This...
