Spaniards

• The idea of getting a mortgage with just their own income is often unthinkable, and those who do own property often have an uncommonly early inheritance to thank.
• While housing crises rage across Europe, many members of Generation Z – those born after the year 2000 – may soon find that the shoe is on the other foot.
• Generation Z therefore stands to benefit from Europe’s declining birth rate, one of the lowest in the world at 1.53 children per woman.

Mortgages: an increasingly unattractive prospect

• If you meet these criteria, you are then locked into, on average, a 25-year commitment.
• The prospect of getting one is especially unappealing at a time when rising mortgage rates are driving the cost of living up in Europe and beyond.

Home ownership in Europe today

• The average mortgage duration is 25 years, meaning payments are typically completed by the age of 59, just before retirement age (65 in most EU member states).
• This does vary widely across the continent, and there is little correlation between ownership rates and the number of active mortgages.
• In contrast, this percentage is far lower in countries like Italy, where only 14.6% of homeowners have a mortgage.

Spain: a case in point

• It is above average in life expectancy and rates of home ownership (especially among older generations): the average Spaniard first purchases property at age 41, and receives an inheritance at 51.
• From 2021 to 2022 the number of homes inherited in Spain rose by 3.7%, with over 17,800 homes inherited per month within its borders.

Leaving the family home

• However, the value of inheritances varies widely across different countries and wealth distributions, and it is difficult to make predictions for all of Europe.
• There is also huge variation in factors such as the age of leaving the family home.
• In Finland, on the other hand, people typically leave home at age 21.4, with similarly low figures across Scandinavia.
• Spain’s staggering drop of 62.54% in new mortgages from 2007 to 2023 is reflected in data from across Europe.

Impacts on Generation Z

• Though they will face plenty of other problems, such as securing stable employment contracts, housing might not be the primary concern for much of Generation Z in the future.
• This will benefit Millennials to a certain extent, but with fewer siblings, many wealthier members of Generation Z might not need to divide inheritances from parents who often own multiple properties.

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