{"id":20,"date":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/seabea-com\/2026\/09\/13\/will-first-time-homebuyers-save-californias-homeownership-rate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","slug":"will-first-time-homebuyers-save-californias-homeownership-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/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 rate has dipped to 54.3%, and it\u2019s easy to see why so many first-time buyers aged 25-34 are feeling squeezed. Student debt, rising mortgage rates, and ever-increasing home prices are major hurdles. On top of that, employment challenges and restrictive zoning often mean waiting until ages 30-45 before finally stepping into ownership. As someone who takes an innovative approach to every property I represent, I\u2019m always looking for creative ways to help buyers navigate these obstacles. While growth in homeownership is expected after 2030, I believe that thinking outside the box and going above and beyond for clients can make a difference\u2014even in a tough 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 rate has dipped to 54.3%, and it\u2019s easy to see why so many first-time buyers aged 25-34 are feeling squeezed. Student debt, rising mortgage rates, and ever-increasing home prices are major hurdles. On top of that, employment challenges and restrictive zoning often mean waiting until ages 30-45 before finally stepping into ownership. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}