Millennials
Baby Boomers Regain Top Spot as Largest Share of Home Buyers
Washington, D.C., April 01, 2025 — Key Highlights In a shift that underscores changing dynamics in the housing market, baby boomers now make up...
Gen Xers’ Adult Children Influence Their Buying Decisions, Younger Millennials Become Buying Force According to Realtor® Report
WASHINGTON (April 1, 2019) – One in six Gen Xers purchased a multi-generational home, overtaking younger boomers as the generation most likely to...
Millennials Undeterred From Purchasing Homes Despite Rising Interest Rates, Latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker Finds
PLEASANTON, Calif. (December 05, 2018) – Millennials were not deterred from purchasing homes in October as the market continued to tighten, interest rates...
Percentage of Millennial Home Purchases Continued to Increase in June, According to Latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker
PLEASANTON, Calif.(August 01, 2018) – Mortgages to Millennial borrowers for new home purchases continued their ascent in June, accounting for 91 percent of...
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...
The Times—and Office Environments—Are A-Changin’
A new breed of project manager emerges By Robin Weckesser Over the last 10 years, we have witnessed a dramatic transformation of the...
Rising Rents Push Millennials to Become Homeowners
Realtor.com® survey reveals who’s looking to buy and what they want Forty-four percent of all respondents are looking for a three-bedroom home; 93...
Millennials Lead All Homebuyers, Even as Some Can’t Escape Their Parents
WASHINGTON (March 14, 2018) – Home purchases by millennials ticked up over the past year, but inventory constraints and higher housing costs kept...
Apartment Market Industry Study Looks at Trends Driving the U.S. Rental Market
By Jack Stubbs Both regionally and nationally, the rental market is in a state of flux, and many online platforms provide users with...
The Barbell Is Crushing the Supply of Affordable Homes
By Adam Artunian If you need any further convincing that we need to build more lower-priced homes, take a look at resale supply....
Millennials Pay More for Features and Less for Brands
By Steve Basten, Senior Consultant Our survey of more than 20,000 new home shoppers shows that millennials care more about features than brands—especially...
Bay Area Economic Outlook Buckles Under Strains
By Wolf Richter Nearly half the millennials “likely” to leave. Confidence in the economy of the Bay Area has plunged, according to the...
