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Why Fewer Young Americans Own Homes: It’s About Marriage, Not Just Money
The main reason fewer young Americans own their homes today compared to prior generations is that they’re not getting married at the same rate. Today, only 46% of 30-year-olds are married, compared to 89% at the peak in 1970. These would-be couples are instead single and often living with their parents. The data suggests that
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47% More Sellers Than Buyers: The Largest Gap in 10+ Years
Are we tilting into a buyer’s market? Nationally, there are now 47% more sellers than buyers, the highest such gap in over a decade. In Austin, the imbalance is as much as 128% more sellers than buyers. For the first time since the early 2000s, there are more homeowners with rates that are at 6% and
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From Public Policing to Private Defense: The New Luxury Standard
Security measures once reserved for presidents and royalty—safe rooms, biometric access controls, laser-powered perimeter defenses—are now mainstream items in luxury homes. Executive-protection teams and armed guards patrol gated enclaves and suburban estates, while tech startups are rolling out predictive threat-detection systems built for the ultra-wealthy. The shift reflects a hardening view among the affluent: Traditional
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Indexing Home Purchase Prices to Inflation for Capital Gains Tax
Should the capital gains on the sale of a home be based on its cost being indexed to inflation, ie: a home bought for $200,000 20 years ago should be tied to inflation so that today, with inflation at 2% annually (averaged), that cost basis should rise with inflation to be $297,000 today? (WSJ) 1/16/2026
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Mortgage Rates Are Falling—but Homeowners Don’t Want to Move
Mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest level in a year, but millions of homeowners are still locked into ultralow mortgage rates they don’t want to give up. Nearly 30 million households, or 54% of primary mortgage-holders, have mortgage rates at or below 4%. They were able to buy homes or refinance their mortgages when