{"id":1022,"date":"2019-03-01T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/study-moving-back-in-with-parents-helps-young-adults-save-down-payments\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:13:37","slug":"study-moving-back-in-with-parents-helps-young-adults-save-down-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/study-moving-back-in-with-parents-helps-young-adults-save-down-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Moving Back in With Parents Helps Young Adults Save Down Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Study: Moving Back in With Parents Helps Young Adults Save Down Payments<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard the news about homeownership being unattainable for young adults. A <a href=\"https:\/\/hotpads.com\/blog\/down-payment-living-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new HotPads\u00ae analysis&nbsp;<\/a> concludes that rising rents are making it harder for renters to save for a down payment. The solution? Move back in with Mom and Dad.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hotpads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HotPads<\/a>, a rental search platform that is part of Zillow Group, found that the median home value is <span class=\"xn-money\">$225,300,<\/span>&nbsp;meaning a 20 percent down payment is about <span class=\"xn-money\">$45,000<\/span>. If a renter earning the median annual income saves 16.5 percent of their income after accounting for housing costs each month \u2013 the typical rate of savings for U.S. renters&nbsp;\u2013 they would have enough saved after eight years.<\/p>\n<p>With the typical renter spending about 34 percent of <a href=\"millennials-rental-spend\/\">their income on housing<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">,<\/span>&nbsp;one can see how moving in with parents makes sense. If a renter making the median income eliminated their housing expenses and increased their monthly savings proportionally, they would have enough saved for a 20 percent down payment on the median home after about five years \u2013 and almost three years sooner than those who pay rent and save for a <a href=\"average-down-payments-falling\/\">down payment<\/a> simultaneously.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Coming up with a down payment is often the biggest hurdle for first-time home buyers,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Joshua Clark<\/span>, economist at HotPads. &#8220;The challenge has become all the more difficult because of rising rents and home values, which make savings harder and the necessary down payment bigger.<\/p>\n<p>While living independently may be appealing, for many it&#8217;s not worth the prospect of pushing home ownership further into the future. Living rent-free with family is an increasingly common way young adults can accumulate the pot of savings necessary to purchase their first home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moving in with family can make it easier for renters to save, particularly in expensive markets where housing costs account for a larger share of incomes. In <span class=\"xn-location\">San Jose<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, renters typically spend more than half their income on housing, and saving for a 20 percent down payment could take more than 38 years for a renter with the median income.<\/p>\n<p>While a 20 percent down payment is often a goal, 60 percent of first-time buyers end up putting down less than 20 percent, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2389132-1&amp;h=913340995&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zillow.com%2Freport%2F2018%2Fhighlights%2Fthe-challenge-of-buying-for-the-first-time%2F&amp;a=2018+Zillow+Group+Consumer+Housing+Trends+Report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2018 Zillow Group Consumer Housing Trends Report<\/a>. A typical renter looking to put 10 percent down on the median home <span class=\"xn-money\">($22,530)<\/span> needs four years to save for a down payment, while someone with the typical renter income and no housing expenses typically could save this amount more than two years earlier, after two years and seven months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study: Moving Back in With Parents Helps Young Adults Save Down Payments We&#8217;ve all heard the news about homeownership being unattainable for young adults. A new HotPads\u00ae analysis&nbsp; concludes that rising rents are making it harder for renters to save for a down payment. The solution? 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