Gen Z Can’t Afford to Buy Houses, and Millennials Are to Blame (2024)

Jessica Karl, Columnist

Asthe next cohort looks to purchase their starter homes, they will face high interest rates and high prices.

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What do home ownership and flirting have to do with one another? Consider this: Gen Z girlies have spent the month of December tying every object they own in dainty, pale pink bows. It’s festive for the holidays, sure, but it’s also a coping mechanism for the joyless winter months. Enter: coquette, the French word to describe flirtatious individuals, which has evolved into a full-blown aesthetic that would make Marie Antoinette keel over in delight.

Gen Z Can’t Afford to Buy Houses, and Millennials Are to Blame (2024)

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