{"id":11,"date":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/cindybosshard-com\/2026\/09\/27\/will-first-time-homebuyers-save-californias-homeownership-rate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:00:00","slug":"will-first-time-homebuyers-save-californias-homeownership-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/will-first-time-homebuyers-save-californias-homeownership-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Will first-time homebuyers save California&#8217;s homeownership rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>California\u2019s homeownership landscape is shifting, especially for first-time buyers in the 25-34 age range. Many are juggling significant student debt, contending with rising mortgage rates, and navigating some of the highest home prices in the nation\u2014leading to a homeownership rate that\u2019s now dipped to 54.3%. As someone who\u2019s spent over a decade guiding clients through the unique real estate markets of Whittier and Helendale, I see how employment challenges and restrictive zoning often delay buying until ages 30-45. While this means immediate growth is limited, there\u2019s optimism for a rebound in homeownership after 2030. The pathway to ownership may be complex, but understanding these trends is the first step to making informed decisions in our evolving market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/journal.firsttuesday.us\/will-first-time-homebuyers-save-californias-homeownership-rate\/17842\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California\u2019s homeownership landscape is shifting, especially for first-time buyers in the 25-34 age range. Many are juggling significant student debt, contending with rising mortgage rates, and navigating some of the highest home prices in the nation\u2014leading to a homeownership rate that\u2019s now dipped to 54.3%. As someone who\u2019s spent over a decade guiding clients through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":532,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}