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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Graig Graziosi

Number of first time home buyers hits record low as rentals take over US housing market

First-time home buyers are becoming a rarity as a competitive and expensive housing market drives would-be homeowners into the rental market.

High mortgage rates and unaffordable home prices mixed have kept a lot of would-be buyers in the rental market.

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