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** The Homeownership Wall ([link removed])
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As recently as the 1990s, the median first-time homebuyer in America was 28 years old. Now they’re 38. And Pittsburgh, a city renowned for its affordability, is no exception ([link removed]) .
Real estate professionals told Public Source mounting student debt, prices that rise faster than wages and corporate homebuyers are all factors conspiring to keep Pittsburghers from buying their first homes until later in life than ever before ([link removed]) .
“It’s going to lead to instability in some neighborhoods,” if the trend continues, said Richard Snipe of the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority.
Public Source is launching a new series this week ([link removed]) , investigating the causes and consequences behind Pittsburghers achieving homeownership later in life than ever before.
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** ‘A really steep lift’: Pittsburghers in their 20s and 30s find homeownership less and less attainable ([link removed])
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Key stat ([link removed]) : In Pittsburgh, the Federal Reserve’s house price index rose 29% between 2020 and 2023, while the median household income rose just 15%.
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Public Source is investigating why Pittsburghers — like many Americans — are unable to buy homes as early in life as in past generations.
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** Pittsburgh’s racial homeownership gap grows. What can be done to fix it? ([link removed])
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