Tag Archives: Baby Boomers

Homebuyers within the last two years are buying homes in certain areas for a variety of reasons. But what is driving the millennial home-buying psyche, and how does it compare to previous generations?

Freddie Mac EVP of Single-Family Business Dave Lowman called the 55+ population "the next business opportunity", but what makes this subgroup so important?

A new survey showed that millions of homeowners over the age of 55 would prefer to move out of their current residence and rent within the next four years.

Why are homeowners over the age of 55 in a position to greatly influence where the housing market goes over the next decade?

As the Baby Boomer generation grows older and enter those "empty-nester" years, many are swapping out their long-tome homes to enter the rental market.

It is a "misperception" that having a healthy credit score loses importance later in life, according to TransUnion.

While homeownership rates have mostly been falling the last two years, the demand for rental housing has seen unprecedented increases. What is driving the rental demand surge?

Ask the Economist is an ongoing series in which DS News talks with an economist about the most pressing issues facing the nation's housing industry and the economy. This installment features Mark Fleming, Chief Economist with First American Financial Corporation.

Analyzing data from the United States Census, Trulia's chief economist Jed Kolko found that the population growth of millennials in big, dense cities was outpaced by big-city suburbs and lower-density cities. Kolko also found that baby boomer growth in big, dense cities also fell short of growth in the big-city suburbs.

Baby Boomers, as a focus of study for their effect on the housing market, have been an underserved population, according to a blog post written by Trulia's Jed Kolko. He investigated whether baby boomer downsizing—selling a single-family home in order to move into a multi-family unit—could be a future trend in the housing market.