Central bankers gathered in Bangkok this week are confronting a possibility with enormous implications for household wealth: Cheap money may not be coming back. “There is a global fight for money,” European... Read more »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is warning that badly needed home repairs are blocking housing from reaching the families that need it. In a Sept. 30 letter urging the Department of Housing... Read more »
The “silver tsunami” may finally reach America’s shores, bringing enough homes to ease its long-running inventory shortage and expose an entirely new problem in its place. Between 2026 and 2036, an estimated... Read more »
Nearly 1 in 5 (19%) U.S. homeowners says they either don’t have or aren’t sure they have a clear title and recorded deed to their home, according to a new survey. Most... Read more »
As more older Americans age with low-rate mortgages still attached to their homes, some heirs report servicing delays and refinance pressure are putting their inheritance at risk. After their mother died, one... Read more »
Baby boomers hold roughly $93 trillion in assets, but only $36 trillion could reach Gen X and millennial heirs over the next 20 years, according to new data. The estimate, released last... Read more »
For decades, downsizing was both a practical and financial rite of passage for retirees and empty nesters. Sell the big family home, buy something smaller, pocket the difference, and simplify the next... Read more »
The cruelest part of the Great Wealth Transfer may be its timing. An estimated $124 trillion will pass between generations through 2048. But by then, even the youngest millennials—one of the generations... Read more »
Building a family fortune requires a totally different playbook. Catch up on the latest from the Realtor.com® Generational Wealth series. When Lauren Miller and her husband sold their first home in 2023,... Read more »
The share of Americans who are both married and own a home by age 30 has shrunk from 52% in 1960 to just 12%, according to new data—in a shocking collapse that... Read more »