Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Homeownership rates fell in 2024 for the first time in eight years as soaring home prices made ownership unattainable for many, Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies found. As of early 2025, prices are up 60% nationwide since 2019 and still rising at a rate of 3.9% year over year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index. Consequently, the U.S. median existin ...