Millennial Dilemma: Home ownership or retirement security?

Millennials are facing an unprecedented financial squeeze: 58% of them feel as if they must choose between homeownership and retirement security, according to an Advisor Authority study, powered by the Nationwide Retirement Institute. The survey pointed out that as housing prices accelerate ahead of median income wage growth, millennials face a fundamentally different financial environment from their parents, resulting in their adopting different approaches to wealth building. Millennials’ wealth-building approaches Unlike prior generations, said Juan Jose Perez, president of Nationwide Corporate Solutions,...