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Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by davidw on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:02PM (#40494670)
But household formation has increased, by a lot:

https://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2023/10/26/household-form...

Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by beej71 on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:14PM (#40494780)
Which seems to imply that housing is not too expensive, if millennials are snatching them up...?
Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by csallen on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:13PM (#40495252)
You're confusing increases in household formation with increases in homebuying.

You can create a new household without buying a house. For example, if you live with your parents as a 22yo, you and your parents count as one household. If you then move out and into an apartment by yourself, you are now your own household. But you haven't bought a house. As millennials age, more of them will obviously move out from living with their parents, which means increasing household formation.

In addition, you can expect homebuying to increase within a generation as that generation matures and earns more money. Of course millennials will be buying more houses when they're in their 30s than when they were in their 20s. That's to be expected. Something would be seriously wrong if that were not the case. But this doesn't automatically mean that housing is not expensive.