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Real Estate Exec: Homeownership Crisis to Last 15 Years

11/16/2025

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Sean Dobson, a top real-estate executive, warns that Covid-19 interventions have made homeownership increasingly unattainable.
He says the market is the least affordable in modern history, with mortgage payments near 43% of median income, and notes that institutional landlords are increasingly providing housing solutions.
Dobson attributes the crisis to reckless monetary policies and rising asset prices, predicting affordability will improve only in 10 to 15 years.

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Sean Dobson, a top real-estate executive, warns that Covid-19 interventions have made homeownership increasingly unattainable.
He says the market is the least affordable in modern history, with mortgage payments near 43% of median income, and notes that institutional landlords are increasingly providing housing solutions.
Dobson attributes the crisis to reckless monetary policies and rising asset prices, predicting affordability will improve only in 10 to 15 years.