New data shows the Republican party making strong gains with young men from generation Z. This report comes from Decisiones HQ, suggesting Gen Z is trending differently than their older counterparts, millennials. The younger generation, especially young men, are moving toward Republicans.Some polling released in June, found Republicans edged out Democrats among young men at 48% to 42%. This voting block is credited with helping to secure President Trump's 2024 win and is a key target for Democrats this upco ...

Economic Struggles of Gen Z - Youth unemployment is at 105%, double the national average [1] - About one in three young adults still live at home [1][10] - 70% of Gen Z loses sleep over financial stress [1] - College costs are 42% of income compared to 13% for their grandparents [11] Political Implications - Political figures resonating with Gen Z address economic struggles directly [1][5][6] - Affordability, financial hardship, and the housing crisis are key issues [6][8][9] - Young people voted for Trump because they thought he would fix economic problems [7] - Political leaders need to pay attention to what young people are saying [8] Proposed Solutions and Criticisms - Zoning reform and quality immigration reform are potential solutions [16] - The current president has been criticized for exploding the debt by $4 trillion and reigniting the cost of living crisis [13] - The current president oversaw the most unaffordable housing market in American history [13] - 600,000 people lost around $4 billion on crypto [14]

Financial Performance - Lennar's Q3 experienced a downturn, with revenue falling short of expectations and deliveries being lower than anticipated [1] - Lennar's home building gross margins decreased to 175%, a significant drop compared to 29% in 2022 [1] Market Conditions and Affordability - The housing cycle has been difficult, with softening market conditions and affordability issues impacting sales volume [1] - Maintaining sales volume required additional incentives to avoid building excess inventory [1] - Lower interest rates this month were encouraging, but production is slowing and delivery guidance is being lowered [2] - Average selling prices declined by 9% [3] - Affordability was stretched, leading to incentives such as buying down mortgage rates and lowering prices [4] Cost Management - Trade partners have been reducing costs to maintain volume, recognizing the impact of reduced home building [2] Industry Outlook - Most big builders are offering incentives due to stretched affordability [4] - Only Toll Brothers, a luxury home builder, expressed optimism about the months ahead at a housing conference [4] - The market is being recalibrated to avoid pushing too hard on a market that doesn't want to be pushed [3]

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We're joined by John Lvalo, US homebuilders analyst at UBS. John, good to see you. >> Thanks for having me.>> I mean, a lot of moving parts in terms of what drives housing demand and supply, I guess. U quarter point. You think that's enough to excite consumers or is that part of the process of rebuilding it.>> I actually think the most important thing is rate stabilization. So, we're at 6.15% as Diana said, that's most important. Now, to the extent that we get a cut today and the long end of the curve follo ...

Austria is extending a limit on home-rental-fee increases to the free market in its latest measure aimed at improving affordability and tempering price pressures https://t.co/oc5cv8rOMy ...

Now to decision 2025 and some new polls place Democratic nominee Zoran Mdani in the lead for the New York City mayoral race with less than two months now until November's general election. But last night his closest rival, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, disputed Monny's popularity. The majority of New Yorkers do not agree with Mandami. They are not socialists. Why does he say you can win? Well, there's two different things. Saying I can win means you're reading the polls. That's what that means. Uh ...

How important is having kids to Gen Z. It's not my goal in life. It's important for me.Why would I attribute my worth and my success to a child who didn't ask to be here. Having kids is a really big goal of mine. In the latest NBC News decision desk poll, we asked Gen Z what drives their personal definition of success, and they ranked everything from having a fulfilling career to owning a home and having emotional stability.The responses revealed a pretty notable gender gap, not unsimilar to what we've seen ...

All right, 30-year mortgage rates hitting their lowest level since last October. And that's giving a boost to home builders, Dr. . Horton, Toll Brothers, Lenar Palty, all up more than 2% today.For more on what's next for the housing trade, CBC's Diana Ol joins us from the Zelman Housing Summit in Boston with an exclusive interview with Ivy Zelman. Diana, thanks Melissa. Ivy, it was your day today.What an amazing day. Hundreds of people here to hear everything. And I'm going to take you back to 9:00 a.m. whe ...

yield uh fell below 4% for the first time in five months. This comes less than a week before the next Fed decision. Joining us now from the Zelman Housing Conference in Boston is CNBC real estate senior real estate reporter Diana Ol.Uh Diana, great to see you. What do you what do you make of this drop and and what could 25 or 50 basis points and cuts next week do to the mortgage rate. >> Well, Melissa, despite the two economic indicators we saw this morning, we only saw mortgage rates drop two basis points. ...