Millennials Prefer Value Home Investments Versus Affordability, QuoteWizard Study Finds

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Sep 30, 2020, 06:00 ET

SEATTLE, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces released a report on states where millennials are buying more homes. When comparing homeownership rates over the six-year period, QuoteWizard found that nearly half of all states saw some growth in millennial ownership, whereas the other half saw a decline.

The biggest correlating factor QuoteWizard found to reflect millennial homeownership growth is a differential type of metric that signals the quality of home investment. This differential of home value and mortgage balance in each state can be viewed as a value metric that shows a willingness to incur mortgage debt for a value investment in a home. The differential in home value and mortgage balance metric showed a strong correlation in the top growing states for millennial homeownership.

Visit the full report here, https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/where-millennials-are-buying-more-homes

Key Findings:

The 17 states with the largest increases in millennial homeownership are also states in the top half of most expensive median home values. Affordability isn't driving under-35 homeownership.
Eight of the top 10 states for millennial homeownership are in the top half in median home value compared to outstanding mortgage debt, indicating that millennial homeownership is driven by value investment versus affordability.
Median home values increased by 27% from 2013 to 2019, while median income of people aged 25-34 only increased by 17%.
Above-average income growth from 2013 to 2019 in states with higher rates of millennial homeownership is a common factor.

Methodology

QuoteWizard analyzed Census income data in each state from 2013 to 2019, to see if there was a correlation between millennial homeownership and income growth. We also looked at Census data to see which states have seen the biggest changes in millennial (under 35 years old) homeownership from 2013 to 2019.

Rank	State	2013 Ownership %	2019 Ownership %	Ownership % Change	Difference Home Value vs. Outstanding Mortgage Debt
1	Vermont	7.9	9.5	20.3%	$63,359
2	Oregon	7.8	9.3	19.2%	$125,003
3	Maine	8.1	9.5	17.3%	$99,246
4	Wyoming	12.8	14.7	14.8%	$50,686
5	Massachusetts	7.6	8.7	14.5%	$156,178
6	New Jersey	6.7	7.6	13.4%	$89,711
7	Washington	9.7	10.8	11.3%	$130,119
8	Tennessee	10	11.1	11.0%	$13,720
9	Pennsylvania	9	9.9	10.0%	$31,142
10	Florida	6.7	7.3	9.0%	$49,677
11	Hawaii	5.8	6.3	8.6%	$273,037
12	New York	7.5	8.1	8.0%	$67,690
13	Ohio	10.1	10.9	7.9%	$19,661
14	New Hampshire	8.2	8.8	7.3%	$101,346
15	Michigan	10.4	11.1	6.7%	$22,033
16	Rhode Island	7.8	8.2	5.1%	$98,423
17	Indiana	11.8	12.4	5.1%	$28,133
18	Alabama	10.2	10.7	4.9%	-$7,002
19	Colorado	11.4	11.9	4.4%	$122,187
20	North Carolina	9.5	9.9	4.2%	$27,380
21	Alaska	12.3	12.7	3.3%	$102,833
22	Idaho	11.7	12	2.6%	$103,007
23	South Carolina	9.7	9.9	2.1%	$10,641
24	Connecticut	7.7	7.8	1.3%	$19,872
25	Virginia	9.6	9.7	1.0%	$21,803
26	Missouri	11.9	12	0.8%	$24,155
27	Iowa	13.2	13.3	0.8%	$15,006
28	Wisconsin	10.8	10.8	0.0%	$52,811
29	Georgia	9.9	9.8	-1.0%	$18,414
30	Kentucky	11.1	10.9	-1.8%	$21,915
31	Nevada	11	10.8	-1.8%	$64,988
32	Illinois	10.3	10.1	-1.9%	$7,075
33	Maryland	9.6	9.4	-2.1%	$37,980
34	Nebraska	14	13.7	-2.1%	$30,181
35	South Dakota	14.2	13.8	-2.8%	$43,211
36	New Mexico	10	9.7	-3.0%	$36,129
37	West Virginia	9.7	9.4	-3.1%	-$11,464
38	Oklahoma	12.6	12.2	-3.2%	-$9,411
39	Texas	11.3	10.9	-3.5%	$21,976
40	Mississippi	10.1	9.7	-4.0%	$8,093
41	Kansas	12.3	11.8	-4.1%	$3,063
42	Minnesota	13.1	12.5	-4.6%	$64,526
43	Arizona	10.1	9.6	-5.0%	$54,641
44	Arkansas	11	10.4	-5.5%	$117
45	North Dakota	16.4	15.5	-5.5%	$47,226
46	California	8.1	7.6	-6.2%	$186,909
47	Montana	10.7	10	-6.5%	$61,389
48	Utah	16.3	15.2	-6.7%	$134,887
49	Louisiana	12.2	11.2	-8.2%	-$4,251
50	Delaware	9.8	8.9	-9.2%	$50,773

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