{"id":202,"date":"2019-10-15T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/?p=202"},"modified":"2019-10-15T19:42:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:42:16","slug":"be-on-the-lookout-for-gen-z-the-next-generation-of-homebuyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/be-on-the-lookout-for-gen-z-the-next-generation-of-homebuyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Be on the Lookout for Gen Z: The Next Generation of Homebuyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191015-Share-KCM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191015-Share-KCM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191015-Share-KCM-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve likely heard a ton about Millennials, but what about Gen Z? In the next 5 years, this generation will be between the ages of 23 and 28, and they\u2019re eager to become homeowners faster than you may think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.realtor\/daily-news\/2019\/02\/01\/hey-gen-z-better-start-saving-for-a-home-now?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DailyRealEstateNews+%28Daily+Real+Estate+News%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>realtor.com<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em>&nbsp;\u201c<em>Nearly 80 percent of Generation Z members say they want to own a home before age 30,<\/em>\u201d and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/info.bankofamerica.com\/assets\/pdfs\/BofA-2019-HBIR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Concentrix Analytics<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;said, \u201c<em>52% of prospective Gen Z buyers are already saving to buy a home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Generation_Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wikipedia<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;defines Generation Z (Gen Z) as \u201c<em>the demographic cohort after the Millennials. Demographers and researchers typically use the mid-1990s to mid-2000s as starting birth years<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report from&nbsp;<em>Concentrix<\/em>&nbsp;goes a little deeper on Gen Z, identifying the main reasons this cohort wants to own homes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>55% want to own a home because they want to start a family<\/li><li>47% want to build wealth over time<\/li><li>33% want to make their family proud<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Although they\u2019re eager to buy, this generation also perceives a few challenges ahead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>66% believe saving for a down payment and closing costs will be challenging<\/li><li>58% feel covering the monthly costs of owning may be difficult<\/li><li>52% perceive a lack of knowledge about where to start<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also interesting to note that 21% of Gen Zers think their parents will provide financial help, 17% will use a down payment assistance program, and 15% believe other family members will help them. One of the highlights of the report mentioned,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cMore than half of Gen Zers who think they\u2019ll receive help also think they will need to pay their parents back, compared to 40 percent of millennials.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is never too early to start saving for your own home, whether you are part of Gen Z or a different generation. If you would like to know where to start and how much you need to save to reach your goal of buying a home, let\u2019s get together so you can better understand the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact us:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/\">PHP Houses<\/a><br>142 W Lakeview Ave<br>Unit 1030<br>Lake Mary, FL 32746<br>Ph: (407) 519-0719<br>Fax: (407) 205-1951<br>email: <a href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/contact.html\">info@phphouses.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s Connect:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeBuyHousesCentralFlorida\/\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/walter-diloreto-71b2422a\/\">Linkedin<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterDiLoreto\">Twitter<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdiloreto\/\">Instagram<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve likely heard a ton about Millennials, but what about Gen Z? In the next 5 years, this generation will be between the ages of 23 and 28, and they\u2019re eager to become homeowners faster than you may think. According to&nbsp;realtor.com,&nbsp;\u201cNearly 80 percent of Generation Z members say they want to own a home before&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/be-on-the-lookout-for-gen-z-the-next-generation-of-homebuyers\/\">Finish Reading<span> Be on the Lookout for Gen Z: The Next Generation of Homebuyers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[38,15,10,18,27,32,9,23,20,24,13,28,47,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}