Overview
- Gallup reports a record low in intentions, with 25% of non-owners expecting to buy a home within five years, 28% within ten years, and 45% saying they do not see a path to ownership.
- Two thirds of Americans say it is a bad time to buy a house, including 55% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents and 76% of Democrats.
- Younger adults show the sharpest pullback, as 29% of people ages 18 to 34 expect to buy within five years compared with 57% a little over a decade ago.
- Semafor reports the poll findings, while The Daily Beast frames the results as intensifying pressure on President Trump as voters focus on fuel, grocery costs, and a shaky jobs market.
- Earlier declines in mortgage rates drew praise from the White House, but uncertainty tied to the war with Iran has since clouded housing sentiment.