Exclusive data shows that America's first-time homebuyers are actually getting younger — a shocking counter to a viral housing stat Buying a first home is generally considered a young person's game.

Once a core part of The American Dream, buying a home has become something of a fantasy. Record-high home prices, limited inventory, climbing mortgage rates, and depressed economic conditions are all ...

When I bought my first house in 2010, at age 24, it was the Great Recession, and the housing market—the entire world, really—was off-kilter. A little like it is now. I was newly married, a recent ...

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The youngest U.S. homebuyers aren’t so young anymore, as a forbidding market turns first-time house hunting into an activity for people nearing 40. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...