Why Gen Z Can't Buy a House

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A price-to-income ratio climbing from 3.2 in 1985 to 7.1 today pairs with a slide on single-family zoning locking up about 75 percent of U.S. residential land, then a generational chart moves the first-time buyer age from 29 for Boomers to 37 for Gen Z.

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