Will Millennials Move Out? Get ready for a new king to be crowned.
According to a new report from the Pew Research Center, it's expected that Millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — will overtake Baby Boomers as the largest generation, with 73 million people in 2019. What happens when a group that large decides to start buying homes.
“Adulting” is getting harder for younger generations, which is stymieing the housing market from reaching its full potential, according to Freddie Mac’s latest March Insight report. The report compares young adults to previous generations and the impact to household growth.
“For today’s young adults, ‘adulting’ is hard because the economic environment has been tough in recent years; wage growth has been weak and housing costs have risen rapidly,” researchers note in the report. “On top of that, education and health care costs have skyrocketed.” Compared to 2000, the average annual expenditures of young adults in 2016 has jumped 36 percent. The average annual expenditures on health care and education have more than doubled, according to the report.
Housing costs and labor market outcomes are the two biggest factors behind the decline in household formation rates among young adults, according to the insight report. From 2000 to 2016, real median home prices rose by 29 percent. However, young adult per capita incomes increased by only 1 percent. Further, the labor force participation rate for young adults has seen a “substantial decline in recent years, particularly for men,” researchers note.
Millennials are the largest generation since the baby boomers. Nearly 45 million adults aged 25 to 34 lived in the United States as of 2016, according to U.S. Census data. That is 4 million more than those aged 35 to 44.
If millennials had formed households at the same rate as young adults in 2000, they would have formed 1.6 million additional households in 2016, according to Freddie’s research.
But millennials have been slower than previous generations to reach milestones such as buying a home, getting married, and having children.
Don’t count them out yet, researchers say. Millennials and the generation after them, Generation Z, are expected to add between 19 million and 21 million net new households by 2025.
The good news is that this sleeping giant of homeownership won't stay dormant for long. We expect that young adults will add around 20 million households to the U.S. economy, driving housing demand over the next decade. As always, house prices will be a factor. If housing costs continue to rise, we could see about 600,000 fewer households over the next decade. Alternatively, we could see housing costs stabilize and the labor market improve, driving young adults' household formations up 300,000 higher than our estimates.
As many young adults start looking to become homeowners, Freddie Mac will be there with mortgage products and resources that help potential borrowers achieve the dream of homeownership...and make 'adulting' a little less hard.
“Adulting” is getting harder for younger generations, which is stymieing the housing market from reaching its full potential, according to Freddie Mac’s latest March Insight report. The report compares young adults to previous generations and the impact to household growth.
“For today’s young adults, ‘adulting’ is hard because the economic environment has been tough in recent years; wage growth has been weak and housing costs have risen rapidly,” researchers note in the report. “On top of that, education and health care costs have skyrocketed.” Compared to 2000, the average annual expenditures of young adults in 2016 has jumped 36 percent. The average annual expenditures on health care and education have more than doubled, according to the report.
Housing costs and labor market outcomes are the two biggest factors behind the decline in household formation rates among young adults, according to the insight report. From 2000 to 2016, real median home prices rose by 29 percent. However, young adult per capita incomes increased by only 1 percent. Further, the labor force participation rate for young adults has seen a “substantial decline in recent years, particularly for men,” researchers note.
If millennials had formed households at the same rate as young adults in 2000, they would have formed 1.6 million additional households in 2016, according to Freddie’s research.
But millennials have been slower than previous generations to reach milestones such as buying a home, getting married, and having children.
Don’t count them out yet, researchers say. Millennials and the generation after them, Generation Z, are expected to add between 19 million and 21 million net new households by 2025.
The good news is that this sleeping giant of homeownership won't stay dormant for long. We expect that young adults will add around 20 million households to the U.S. economy, driving housing demand over the next decade. As always, house prices will be a factor. If housing costs continue to rise, we could see about 600,000 fewer households over the next decade. Alternatively, we could see housing costs stabilize and the labor market improve, driving young adults' household formations up 300,000 higher than our estimates.
As many young adults start looking to become homeowners, Freddie Mac will be there with mortgage products and resources that help potential borrowers achieve the dream of homeownership...and make 'adulting' a little less hard.
- Down Payment Assistance provides flexible sources of down payment funds within our Home Possible Mortgages®; it also helps consumers and their lenders identify additional, eligible down payment programs.
- CreditSmart® is a free, online curriculum that teaches the steps to homeownership, from the importance of good credit to qualifying for a loan and selecting a lender.
- My Home by Freddie Mac® is a consumer–focused website featuring tools, resources and information on renting, buying and owning a home.
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