HOUSING CRISIS EXPLODES: Gen Z chooses stocks over the American dream

The young generations just need to be comfortable with saving for 10-15 years for a home purchase. The worst thing you can do is buy a house, you can't afford. They require excess cash to keep them up. There is a lot of people who can't meet those demands and will end up living in a ghetto house. Don't get me started on taxes and suffocating HOA's.

People 45 and under know it’s a lost cause. 1st decade of my adult life was 25%+ of my income into ETFs while living with parents. It’s giving gens of DINKs as birthrates collapse.

Edit: Btw this isn’t just a left wing perspective. I’m probably farther right than this entire panel and I’m here to tell you it’ll only get worse if the housing affordability crisis isn’t fixed. Boomers won’t fix it though they’ll just tell us to work harder as nursing home and hospital resources are strained beyond what they can handle.

Fox is so full of it. Nobody DECIDED not to BUY. Nobody is "socking their money away" in the stock market, dude. Delusional.

Its so amazing they don't realize what's really going on. You need to start looking into these builders. They have gotten away with so much. They make so much more money than we could ever even imagine they all take advantage of the illegals and are profiting off each contractor plus the builder fee and just keep getting away with it. A ranch shouldn't cost half a million dollars anywhere in the world let alone rural America. We call it a crisis iys just builders charging way to much amd get away with ot. To top that off they run them with apps wich means they cut out several salaries yet prices don't come down. Wake up stop buying new houses. Noone even needs a new house. Shut these bastards down its up to us cunsomers

Just work harder and save up for a house stop buying 10$ lattes

Liquidated my house 3 years ago and went all in on the AI trade. Best financial decision I ever made.

I was there

Can’t afford anything else

I think I think you don’t think you never do hahhahhahhahaah

It’s a smart alternative I wish I would’ve thought of or knew about before I finally bought a house at 38 😢

I love how they don't mention reverse splits and American foreign manipulation like they don't exist when they absolutely do. The stock market conman of 2020 was pardoned earlier this year having been convicted and served 0.00 days in jail or prison

I’m Gen Z and don’t really see why older people have always viewed houses as investments. Sure, there are some tax breaks you get and it does appreciate, but the stock market provides much higher returns and doesn’t come with the expenses that come with owning a house (property taxes, maintenance costs, HOA fees, interest, etc.).

The problem is wages and feminism. Everything goes up year by year and wages don’t. Each new generation has it more difficult than previous generations. And since feminism has confused women. Birth rates are crashing. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. 🤦‍♂️🧐

“Homeowning teaches dignity and respecting your community” Is that really always the case?

The housing market is out of control with overvaluation period how long and how loud do we have to scream this before something changes

What I fear is that when the housing market finally crashes the stock market is going to fall behind and a lot of these people whose entire livelihood is tied up in stocks are going to lose everything

AS A HOME OWNER I will say buying a house is just renting from the bank..

WHEN THE STOCKS GO DOWN THEY CANT BLAME IT ON GEN Z. We'll know they rug pulled on all of us....

If only wage growth didn't reach -3.4% in 2022 while the housing market increased 23% with 9.1% inflation

This was an awesome discussion

“International finance and marketing”😂😂😂😂

gen z the ipad babies are just stupid

"Those People".. u are talking about majority Americans and feels like down grading those people

It's not that if they wouldn't or would care about their community and have an owner mentality. It's that owning a home is so far from reality that their isn't an option but to rent. Owning is in the category now of wanting to be a millionaire, everyone wants to be one but only 1% obtain that dream

Stocks literally always go up. What do you think happens after a bear market????

Usually renters don’t care at all about the neighborhood- the people or the land.
They usually (and rightly so) do not upkeep anything etc.
it’s necessary to rent sometimes but it’s not good for society if it’s the majority in your community.

As an Older Zoomer , yeah that's true!
But also already will have one day my Grandma house and my parents , so already have 2 😅

“Only go up generation”- wasn’t that boomers? Yeah, there was a blip in 87, 2003, big 2008, but generally it’s just gone up massively. And I believe those 03 and 08 issues were boomers inflating the market and some people making boat loads of money, no?

Anyway, no one can afford a house. Gimme a break. The younger generation wants a future not more shiny things.

I didn’t know the American dream was a $3500 mortgage payment

no foolish retirees going to clobber together whatever money they have to put towards their adult children's house down payment

50 year old home on a tenth of an acre in a town so small it's a village is 2k+ a month in Ohio, (assuming 20% down) as a manager that opens and closes and only makes 2200 month it's just a littleeeeeeeeeeee out of reach

Wait what I didn't choose. I'm Gen z stop lying

Sleeping giant Nokia!!!

Im investing in the stock market in hopes that my money grows in a few year big enough to be able to buy a house or at least give out a huge down payment for one ultimately home ownership is my goal but both homes and stock market are great tool to build wealth

Im looking right now for my next property. Easypi

Houses are not investments they are equity vehicles. You will never earn a profit especially if you bought it on a mortgage

Do something about squatters, if not who want to invest in more property when living in one is good enough.

Stocks are the way.

lol with these intrest rates? You gotta be kidding me

You want me to spend 400,000 on a new home and the interest loan is 2400 and right now I’m at a rental at 1000..

The USA has lost its grip….it’s collapsing from within…..its end is inevitable it had 250 years to rule and it has failed now it’s time for Russia to lead the world for a short period of time

Better move to a mountain and build your shack and leave rent free and free free

In these times taking stock bitcoin tips from the shoe shine boys 👦 thats where it's at😉🤪🥹😢😅🤣🤣😂

Chose. 😂😂😂 Boomers really have reached peak levels of stupid.

Digital assets cost less than paper assets. 🤷🏻‍♂️ gotta wait till Boomers die out so we can actually see a change.