2026-01-07 23:26:35

First-time homebuyers in the US are getting older. The median age just hit 40 years—a record high. Compare that to 2021 when it was 33, or 1981 at just 29. That's a massive shift in less than half a century.

What's driving this? One angle worth exploring: Are large institutional investors stepping into the housing market and pricing out regular buyers? The data suggests something structural is changing, not just individual financial situations. The gap keeps widening, and it raises serious questions about who actually gets to own property anymore.

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just_another_fish

· 01-10 22:09

Buying your first home at 40 is truly remarkable. The sound of the middle class dream shattering.

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GameFiCritic

· 01-09 03:13

Housing prices are just like token inflation in chain games—if structural issues aren't addressed, ordinary players will eventually be pushed out. --- Waiting from age 29 to 40 to buy a house? This is a classic example of market clearing failure. --- Institutional investors are harvesting like vampires, exactly the same logic as some project teams scamming retail investors. In short, it's about squeezing the quality leverage to the limit. --- Data doesn't lie. Over seven years, this kind of growth rate would have already prompted official intervention in the crypto world. --- Sustainable growth? Ha, the current incentives in real estate have long since exploded. The ROI efficiency for ordinary people is already negative. --- I just want to know, how can a market with no playability retain players? It can't just rely on shovel behavior alone.

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ThreeHornBlasts

· 01-07 23:54

Can you only buy a house at 40? That's ridiculous, the claws of capitalism are really long.

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LonelyAnchorman