It's never been tougher for first-time homebuyers to break into the market. Supply shortages, high mortgage rates, and skyrocketing prices are creating barriers to entry. Prospective homebuyers are ...

When I bought my first house in 2010, at age 24, it was the Great Recession, and the housing market—the entire world, really—was off-kilter. A little like it is now. I was newly married, a recent ...