Demographics

While millennials comprise the largest cohort of homebuyers, the aging baby boomer generation has created 7.86 million more homeowners and 2.82 million renters age 60 and older — growth rates higher than any other demographic.

The U.S. homeownership rate rose to the highest level since 2014, led by a growing share of buyers in their mid-30s and early 40s.

With its latest round of funding, the mortgage fintech company will continue to build its digital platform, with a goal of reducing the complexities and costs of home buying.

From the gateway to the West to just below the Mason-Dixon Line, here's a look at the 12 housing markets with the highest percentage of homes affordable to millennial purchasers with median incomes.

The share of home shoppers planning on buying a house within a year tanked in the fourth quarter, and those who are searching blame affordability struggles for their setbacks, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Millennials are unfazed by the short supply of starter homes in a competitive market based on the rising share of December's purchase mortgages, according to Ellie Mae.

To bring millennials to the table, mortgage lenders must overcome misconceptions about the role technology plays in the way this generation buys homes.

Bay Area adjacency without the exorbitant home prices make Sacramento, Calif., an attractive option for consumers, according to Redfin's migration report.

Google avocado-toast restaurants, squeeze into some skinny jeans and be prepared to embrace any number of other cliches about millennials, home real estate pros. They're going to be your prime customers in 2019.

Timothy Mayopoulos is back in the mortgage industry, becoming the new president of the digital mortgage technology developer Blend, months after leaving his post as Fannie Mae’s CEO.