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Gen Zers are defiantly ‘giving up’ on ever owning a home and are spending more than saving, working less, and making risky investments, study shows

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The housing market only continues to look more bleak for younger generations—and it shows. The average age for a first-time homebuyer recently jumped to 40, signaling the housing market is starved for affordability.

And younger generations are so disappointed and frustrated by the state of the housing market they are spending more of their earnings than they are saving, they’re working less, and they’re making risky investments, according to a recently published paper by Northwestern University and University of Chicago researchers. 

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