Closing Time for a Generation: Aging Owners Will Free Up 13.9 Million Homes Over the Next Decade, a 74% Jump From the Last 10 Years
Realtor.com research projects Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation will release 13.9 million owner-occupied homes between 2026 and 2036, a 74% jump from the prior decade. Relief is concentrated: family homes make up 9.9 million of the total while only 0.38 million starter homes are expected to be freed, so first-time-buyer affordability improves little.
Key figures
- Projected 2036
- 22.8 million
- Annual release 2036
- 1.52 million
- Current housing gap
- 4 million homes
- Large homes released
- 3.6 million
- Family homes released
- 9.9 million
- Starter homes released
- 0.38 million
- Increase vs prior decade
- 74%
- Homes released next decade
- 13.9 million
- Older owner households 2026
- 36.7 million
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