Here in America you gotta factor in school loans which is keeping a large segment of young America from buying their first home.
Young people in their 30s are still stuck at home with their parents cuz majority of their income is paying school loans which they probably won’t get paid off until after the age of 70.
Agreed.
And even when school debt is low ... the cost of getting into the market is such an uphill battle.
I went to a small college, so it wasn't that costly, but things add up. I used a combination of my own money, a small scholarship, and money my folks had set aside for us as kids in a RESP (registered educational savings plan). The money I had saved on my own was from drug store job, landscaping, newspaper routes x 2, and lawnmowing gigs, lol. The lawnmowing gigs paid the best (2 - 3x what the others did).
Even then ... I was sort of aimless in college for awhile before getting focused, but once I got into the work world I went HAM in my 20s and tried to save as much as possible. Went huge on the downpayment ... and that was beyond stressful.
To look at assessed property values now ... there's just no way! Place I purchased and other comparables in the area have more than doubled over the past 13 years. And working to save for that downpayment was working MULTIPLE jobs, numerous doubles, and being frugal as fuck. I'm talking leave the house and return 17 - 18 hours later type of hustle. Regularly.