Last Time Buyers 2018

U.S. millennials and home ownership study - a distant dream for most: Part 2

Shares more findings that dig into the effects the Covid-19 pandemic has had on this generation’s attempts to get onto the housing ladder.

U.S. gig economy study: Part 7

Here we’ll look at how various sectors and demographics responded to Covid-19, as well as gig workers’ attitudes toward their chosen mode of working during this period of huge societal change. In particular, we’ll look at how the pandemic affected their earning power, which could serve as an indicator or how this growing segment of the U.S. workforce could fare during future economic disruptions.

U.S. millennials and home ownership study - A distant dream for most: Part 5

Student debt has arguably affected the millennial generation more adversely than any other age cohort, with many 25- to 40-year-olds feeling financially crippled by the skyrocketing cost of college tuition at a crucial point in their lives, along with other economic challenges. Today, the fifth and final part of a broad new study conducted by Legal & General Group, U.S. Millennials and Home Ownership – A Distant Dream for Most, is released, diving into the role of student and medical debt in creating a vicious cycle that keeps millennials from saving and building credit to purchase their own home. In the research, survey subjects repeatedly called for cancellation of oppressive student debt.