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We charted America’s homeownership problem.
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Homeownership in the US is basically synonymous with the idea of the American Dream. Owning your own home, the story goes, confers both self-determination and security — instead of paying a landlord, you own a growing asset that will form the base of your wealth. Homeownership is ingrained in US society; the majority of American adults are homeowners.
But somewhere along the line, something changed. Homeownership has been way less accessible to millennials and gen Z than it was to their parents, in part because of dwindling housing supply. But even within that generational disparity, 2023 was a uniquely bad year to try to become a new homeowner. Watch the video above to see exactly how bad, and why.
Sources and further reading:
The US Federal Reserve’s economic data was the basis for a lot of the charts in this video. Here’s median home prices: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS
Here’s the homeowner vacancy rate: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHVRUSQ156N
And here’s mortgage rates: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US
The US Census provides historical median income data: census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-279.html
The Urban Institute publishes a monthly housing chartbook, which is where we got some of the data on “price tiers” in active housing listings: urban.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/Housing%20Finance-%20At%20A%20Glance%20Monthly%20Chartbook%20July%202023.pdf (that particular data comes originally from realtor.com.)
Zillow’s “affordability index” comes from this dashboard. In the time since we finished this video, the affordability index has gotten even higher: zillow.com/research/understanding-affordability-32538
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We charted America’s homeownership problem.
This video is presented by Secret Deodorant. Secret doesn’t have a say in our editorial decisions, but they make videos like this possible.
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Homeownership in the US is basically synonymous with the idea of the American Dream. Owning your own home, the story goes, confers both self-determination and security — instead of paying a landlord, you own a growing asset that will form the base of your wealth. Homeownership is ingrained in US society; the majority of American adults are homeowners.
But somewhere along the line, something changed. Homeownership has been way less accessible to millennials and gen Z than it was to their parents, in part because of dwindling housing supply. But even within that generational disparity, 2023 was a uniquely bad year to try to become a new homeowner. Watch the video above to see exactly how bad, and why.
Sources and further reading:
The US Federal Reserve’s economic data was the basis for a lot of the charts in this video. Here’s median home prices: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS
Here’s the homeowner vacancy rate: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHVRUSQ156N
And here’s mortgage rates: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US
The US Census provides historical median income data: census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-279.html
The Urban Institute publishes a monthly housing chartbook, which is where we got some of the data on “price tiers” in active housing listings: urban.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/Housing%20Finance-%20At%20A%20Glance%20Monthly%20Chartbook%20July%202023.pdf (that particular data comes originally from realtor.com.)
Zillow’s “affordability index” comes from this dashboard. In the time since we finished this video, the affordability index has gotten even higher: zillow.com/research/understanding-affordability-32538
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.
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