Housing and Homeownership

6+ hour, 47+ min ago   (556+ words) Affordability gaps are pushing buyers to pool resources, wait longer, and worry more at renewal Multi-generational living is emerging as a mainstream strategy among Canadian homebuyers, with 53% of prospective buyers open to a shared-generation home, according to RBC’s 2026 Home Ownership…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (386+ words) Gen X and younger boomers are also less likely to own homes Millennials have seen the steepest fall in homeownership of any generation in New Zealand. In 2023, people aged 30 to 45 were 10 to 12 percentage points less likely to own the home…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1108+ words) Financial anxiety, shame, and information overload can discourage Gen Z from buying a home, even if they can afford to do so. In a recent report by FirstHomeIQ and National MI featuring 1,000 Gen Z and millennial consumers, 63% said they felt…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (961+ words) First published 13 Oct 2026, 10:22am Since 2016, the way Australians in their 50s and 60s approach work, home life and community has changed – and so too has what they want from their homes. One of the clearest shifts has been in working life. 2025 data from…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (831+ words) Britain’s young adults are struggling to escape financial dependence on their families, with fewer than one in five people aged 18 to 24 able to stand on their own financially as soaring living costs, housing pressures and insecure incomes threaten to trap…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (963+ words) Taxing multiple homes may change incentives—but it will not necessarily release the homes most Singaporeans need. That’s been a topic of discussion raised by some Memebers of Parliament of late; and with property prices being what they are, I…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (108+ words) Originally published on hometap.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange. Last year alone, Virginia’s Loudoun County issued building permits for more than 10 million square feet of data center space. HomeLight reports that sellers must adapt to a shifting…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (540+ words) An empty luxury residential society in Mumbai has prompted a woman to question whether buying an expensive home always means getting enough time to enjoy it. Her comments focused on the pressure that large home loans can place on young…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (564+ words) Some advice for Millennials dealing with parents who won’t listen. Millennials trying to buy homes in today’s economy are up against a rock and a hard place. Unlike for their Boomer parents, the dream of buying a home continues to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (311+ words) The argument is straightforward: while rent pays for temporary use of a home, mortgage payments can gradually build equity in an asset. Bank financing can also spread the cost of purchasing property over time instead of requiring buyers to pay…...