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A $48T “Structural Shift” to the Housing Market is Only Just Beginning


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48 trillion dollars of real estate could be changing hands soon as baby boomers age and bring their massive inventory of property to the market. Some have called this impending demographic shift, the silver tsunami, and have claimed it will cause a crash in the housing market unlike anything we’ve ever seen in the past. But those same people have been saying this for 10 plus years and clearly it hasn’t happened, but the situation is changing. Boomers are now on average in their 70s and the generational shift of property and wealth is already starting to happen. We can see it in the data. So will that lead to this long predicted crash? Will the market shrug it off like it has for the last decade? Today and on the market, we’ll find out.
Hey everyone. Welcome to On The Market. I’m Dave Meyer, Chief Investment Officer at BiggerPockets. Today on the show, we’re addressing a demographic issue facing the housing market as baby boomers wants the biggest generation in the country age and give up the very substantial portion of the housing market that they own in the United States. Either because they’re choosing to rent, they go into assisted living or they pass away. And this shift, which I should say is completely inevitable given the demographics and the sad realities of mortality, this shift is going to hit the housing market in a way that aging and people getting older doesn’t normally hit the housing market. It doesn’t normally create these structural shifts, but this one probably will. And that is just because of the sheer quantity of housing stock that Boomers own. We’re going to get into the details of that a bit later, but for now you should just know it’s a ton.
They own way more real estate than you probably think they do. And the generational transfer of these properties, either by selling them or passing them along to their heirs is going to impact the housing market. But in what ways? Is it going to be a crash? Like all the people calling for this silver tsunami have been saying for more than a decade now. Does it mean we’re going to have faster sales? Does it mean we’ll have slower appreciation? What will this demographic shift actually do to the market? People obviously have very different takes on this. Some people sort of just blow it off and say that the market’s going to absorb it, nothing’s really going to happen. On the other end of the spectrum, people are calling for a crash saying that boomers are all going to sell in a relatively short time period that’s going to create a supply and an inventory spike and that’s going to push down prices.
But today on the market, we’re going to find out what is most likely to happen. We’re actually not just going to spew some hype or blow things off. We’re going to dig into the actual data and trends and uncover what this situation will likely bring to the housing market and what it means for investors. We’re going to start by laying the foundation. We’ll talk about demographic realities and how kind of in crazy, insanely concentrated housing is right now in the boomer generation. Next, we’re going to talk about the timeline, because people have been calling for this generational shift for more than 15 years, at least. I think the term actually started coming around in the 80s, but it started gained ground in 2008 to 2011 is when people really started talking about it. Clearly that crash hasn’t happened yet, but given the inevitability, when will this actually start?
Next, we’re going to talk about inheritances because even if boomers eventually leave their homes, which they will, will it all hit the market or are they just going to pass it down to younger generations desperate to get a deal on housing? And then lastly, we’ll game out what is actually going to happen or what is likely to happen. I’m going to pull it all together for you using historical precedents, examples from other countries. And we’re going to bring in the other dynamics of the housing market that we talk about a lot on this show to give you actionable information about this upcoming generational shift so that you can actually do something about it and make decisions about your own portfolio. With that, let’s get to it. So first up, let’s just talk about what’s going on with demographics. You probably know this, but Boomers, biggest generation in the US for a very long time.
This was after World War II. There’s just a massive spike in births, and this created the largest generation we had ever seen. Actually, as boomers have started to age and unfortunately start to die off, millennials are now the biggest generation, but boomers for a long time were so big that it sort of created this economic force that changed the entire landscape of our country as they reached different periods of their life. When they were reaching peak home buying age, when they were in their peak earning age, when they were starting to retire, has had huge impacts on our economy. And housing, especially of late, is no different. What the boomers do because there are just so many of them and they have so much wealth impacts all of us. Just to drill into the housing piece of this, as of now, boomers own 41% of all US property, which is a lot.
For the first time ever, Americans over 70 now own a larger shale of real estate wealth than middle-aged Americans, people from 40 to 54. That is not normal. Normally people who are mid-age, who are at the peak of their earnings, who have families, they have the highest concentration of wealth when it comes to real estate. That has shifted for the first time only recently. Now it’s people over 70 that is very unusual. And it’s not just mid-life, middle-aged people who are negatively impacted. Actually, if you want what I think is maybe a sadder comparison, if you look at people under 40 years old, they own just 12.6% of real estate wealth. That is one of the lowest it has ever been and it’s been completely unchanged for over a decade. So it’s not like millennials and Gen Z are catching up. If anything, the opposite is happening where more and more of the real estate wealth is concentrated in older generations.
So if we’re just tracking the accuracy of these claims about a silver tsunami that’s going to crash the market, which I have been consistently hearing for so long, that just hasn’t been true as of yet. Boomers have not been selling en masse and they have largely held on to their real estate. But why? Why are they behaving so differently from other generations? We have some information about this, both from surveys and just some demographic data. The first reason they are not selling and they still hold so much real estate is just lifestyle preferences. Actually, there’s a real estate survey from Clever Real Estate. This was just back in 2025. They found that 61% of boomers, so the majority of boomers say that they never plan to sell their home. That is up seven percentage points in just a single year. It went from 54 to 61 in just a single year.
And the reason for that, that the survey is really good. It dug further into that and asked, “Why do you plan to never sell your home?” And more than half of them said, “They just want to age in place. They don’t want to go into assisted living. They don’t want to downsize or find a new home. They just want to age in place. And that’s pretty different from other generations.” On top of that, 34% of the people who said that they never will sell their home is because they plan to leave it as an inheritance. And actually 30% of them worry that they can’t afford a new home. That’s the lock in effect, right? Just impacting everyone across the board. The boomer generation is no different for a lot of people who own their home for a long time. Perhaps they’ve paid off their mortgage or they have a two or 3% mortgage rate.
It is more expensive for them to downsize. This is something we talk about on the show all the time. This is holding up the housing market a lot right now, and the boomers are experiencing that the same as everyone else. So the point here is that one of the main reasons is people just want to age in place. You see at least a third of boomers saying that they will never sell their home because they are going to age in place. And that is significant impacts for what’s going to happen in this demographic shift. So that’s something we have to keep in mind. But the second reason we haven’t seen this flood of inventory on the market is really economic because as boomers started to age, starting to hit retirement age about 10, 12 years ago, rates for the 12 years they were in their age when they were going from working to retirement, we had this epic run of low mortgage rates and they were able to refinance into very affordable payments even without their salaries, right?
Even just using social security or pensions or pulling out money from their 401k because rates were so low when they had to make these decisions, they have affordable payments probably locked in, but that’s not all. Actually, less than half of Boomers even have a mortgage in the first place. 54% of them own their homes outright, meaning they are under very little pressure to sell and they have very low cost of living. So unless something forces them to sell, why would you? You’ve lived in your house probably for 30 years, you’ve paid off that mortgage, and if it’s more expensive to go somewhere else, why would you do that? And so they’re under very little pressure to sell. So when you look at these two things together, they don’t want to move for lifestyle decisions. And for the most part, they don’t have to move because they have the economic wherewithal to stay in place and not sell.
That means that this silver tsunami people have been saying is going to crash the market for 10 years has not materialized because boomers have largely held on to their property, but they’re aging. That still happens, right? They keep getting over. And so is the math going to change? And will we finally start to see the impact of this generational shift in the housing market? We’ll get to that right after this quick break. We’ll be right back.
Welcome back to On The Market. I’m Dave Meyer talking about the generational shift that we’re seeing in the housing market where boomers are aging and eventually, although it hasn’t happened yet and calls of a crash from a silver tsunami have been way overstated, this is going to happen at some point, right? There is a certain inevitability that boomers are going to die and they’re going to pass along their housing either by selling it or passing it down to their children, but that inventory will move in some way or another over the next decade or two because as of right now, the oldest baby boomers are starting to turn 80 in 2026. We are seeing that the average baby boomer is about 72 years old. The average lifespan in the United States is about 74. So we are in that time when I think this is probably going to accelerate.
And that means that this inventory may finally start to hit the market, right? If more boomers are dying each and every year, won’t we see all this inventory hitting the market? Well, it could be, but there’s also one way that it doesn’t actually hit the market. What if they don’t sell? What if they just pass along their homes to their children who, I should say, will probably be very grateful for a home with a low basis or potentially even one of those half of Boomer homes that actually don’t even have a mortgage at all. This trend of passing along properties to your children is increasing and will play a large role in how big of a quote unquote silver tsunami or generational shift actually hits the market. So let’s dig into this for a little bit. I said this at the top of the show and it is true that this transfer that we are seeing from boomers to millennials or to Gen X is already starting to happen and it is accelerating.
According to Cotality’s database, really good data source of property deeds, they showed that in 2025, a record 34,000 homes were transferred through inheritance in the 12 months prior to that. That is actually 7% of all transfers. So if you’re looking at all movement from one owner to another, 7% of it is now from inheritance, which may not sound like a lot, but that is the highest share ever recorded. So this is real and it is starting to accelerate. Now, of course we should mention that’s 340,000 properties that might otherwise have hit the market increasing inventory, but it didn’t happen. That’s kind of the point I’m trying to make here is that a sizable amount of inventory is never hitting the market because it’s being inherited and that is likely to continue. As of right now, 62% of younger Americans expect to inherit a property. And if you just presume that’s right, which I think some people are going to be very unpleasantly surprised to find out that they don’t actually inherit a property, but let’s just for now presume that about two thirds of all inventory boomers hold could never hit the market, just pass right on to their children.
That will definitely suppress the impact of this demographic shift because inventory may never truly spike. If only a third of Boomer owned properties hit the market and that drips out over the next 10 or 20 years, market probably going to absorb it just like it has for the last 10 years. But of course there are some caveats there, right? Like I said, I think 62% of people inheriting property, probably too high. I imagine that people will be disappointed to find out that even though their parents want to get out of their home, they still have costs like moving into assisted living or they have healthcare costs and they need to sell their home to actually finance those things. So I think it’s probably less than half, but I’ve looked at a bunch of different surveys. I think it’s probably going to be 30 to 50%, which is still a lot, right?
That’s still a ton of inventory that’s not going to hit a market unless, because there are a lot of caveats here. We talk about 30 to 50% of homes just being inherited and never hitting the market, that is a presumption that the people who inherit those properties don’t actually just turn around and sell, that they hold onto them. And that is another question that we should explore. I actually tried to find data about this and LegalZoom did a survey and found that 42% of young Americans don’t feel financially prepared to keep and maintain an inherited home. Just think about that for a second. We’re talking about what I think most people, at least on paper or in their heads, would dream of as a windfall, right? You’re getting a property either with partially paid off mortgage, maybe an entirely paid off home owned free and clear, but because property taxes and maintenance costs and insurance costs have gone up so much, 42% say they don’t feel prepared to inherit that home, that’s a lot.
We actually had a recent guest on Melody Wright who said that she saw that 70% will sell. I think that number is a little high. I wasn’t able to find great data on that, to be honest, but my guess is that even if the historical trend is 70%, like 70% of people sell when they inherit a home, that that’s going to shift. The housing market is just so unaffordable. I don’t think there has been ever a more attractive time to inherit a home versus going out and buying one for yourself. I think for most millennials, just speaking as a millennial and how expensive it is for my peers and colleagues and friends to afford homes, I think almost everyone I know would do whatever they can to keep the homes that their parents might pass down to them. Not everyone’s obviously getting that, but anyone who might get a home passed down to them, I think are going to try pretty darn hard to be able to hold onto that.
So even if it’s still a lot, I don’t think it’s going to be 70%, I’d say at least 50% hold onto them. So if we do all this together, and again, I am extrapolating a lot of data here. This is not precise, but I’m just saying maybe 50% of people pass their properties down onto their heirs and then 50% of them hold on. That means that 25% roughly of the inventory that boomers hold will never hit the market, but that means 75% will hit the market, and that is still a lot of property coming to market over the next couple of years. Now, that might sound like the silver tsunami that people have been predicting, but there are three important things to remember here. First, people aging and downsizing or dying or having someone inherit a home and sell it, that is not new. All the stuff we’re talking about are things that happen every day for years.
That is always happening. So it’s not like we’re like, “Oh, we have normal inventory now.” And then as boomers start to die, we’re going to have 75% of their inventory hit the market on top of what we already have. We are already starting to absorb some of this. And although I do think we will see an upward pressure on inventory because of this over the next couple of years, it is not additive. You’re not adding all this on top of existing inventory. It is part of existing inventory. The second thing is that in addition to this being an important part of inventory already, even though this new upward pressure on inventory is coming, it’s not like they’re going to list all their sales for once. That’s why I hate this term, the silver tsunami. It makes it sounds like it’s this wave that’s going to come through and crash everything, but really what’s going to happen is that health decisions or family decisions are going to play out over the next 10 or 20 years, and this will be a long and sustained upward pressure on inventory, but it’s not all going to come at once.
I just really don’t like this idea of a tsunami. I think it’s more like the tide, right? If you think about a tide going in or out, it happens slowly and it happens almost imperceptibly at any given time, but over the long run, the market will change. And I do think that we have this long-term upward pressure on inventory, which we’ll talk about more in a minute, but that means downward pressure on appreciation when there’s more inventory. But just remember, this isn’t going to be event. It is something that is going to happen over the course of a decade or more. It’s already been happening for several years and will probably happen for at least 10 more years according to the data and research I’ve done. So that’s number two thing to keep in mind here. Number three here is that, as I said at the beginning, even though boomers own a lot of property, they are no longer the biggest generation.
Millennials are the biggest generation, and millennials are at their peak home buying age. So even though we’re going to have this upward pressure on inventory, we also have a demographic tailwind that’s working with us. They’re sort of counteracting forces, right? The baby boomers were so big, but they’re selling, which means there’s going to be more supply, but the millennials are even bigger right now and they’re buying, which means that a lot of that inventory could get absorbed. Now, it’s going to be different in different kinds of markets. It’s going to be different for different asset classes, which we’re going to talk about in a minute, but those are sort of the big picture things I want everyone to remember here. Yes, more inventory probably will come to the market over the next five to 10 years, but there are many reasons to believe this isn’t going to be a one-time crash, and that’s because boomers have already been selling for several years and it hasn’t caused a crash.
They are not going to do it all at once. This is going to stretch out for a decade or more, and we have demographic tailwinds helping us because millennials are now the biggest generation in the US. So it’s not a tsunami. There’s no single event that’s going to come and rock the real estate and market, but what will happen? What does this mean for real estate investors? We’ll get to that after this quick break.
Welcome back to On The Market. I’m Dave Meyer, talking about the generational shift happening in the housing market. Before the break, I said I don’t think it’s going to be a tsunami. I have not liked that word for a long time. People have been calling for it for 10 years, at least hasn’t happened because as we’ve discussed, the transfer of boomer property to other generations is going to happen slowly, even though it will add upward pressure on inventory for I think at least the next five to 10 years, maybe even longer. But if it’s not a tsunami, what is it? How is this going to shape out? Of course, we don’t know exactly what will happen, but we can extrapolate. We know what’s happening in the housing market, how inventory and demographic and demand dynamics are shaping up. And we can also actually look at what’s happened in other countries.
And I want to dive into that just for a second here because there are other advanced economies that have similar demographic situations playing out a few years ahead of us. And so we can actually sort of look a little bit at specifically Japan and Germany. There’s a pretty good comps just demographically speaking as to what’s happening in the US. So let’s just look at Japan for a second because they also had a boomer equivalent after World War II. They also had an increase in births, but it actually happened a little bit earlier. And so almost a decade in advance, we might actually see what might happen in the United States. And what you see, if you look at property values in Japan, and they do have a lot of different rules, they have different tax incentive, different structures, all this stuff, you actually saw home prices go down.
It wasn’t a crash, but you did see home prices go down as their baby booner generation turned 75 plus. We are between 68 and 80 right now in the US who were right in that time. Now, there are some key differences between Japan and the United States. Japan has had a total declining population for a while now. The US still has a rising population for now, but if you listen to the episode I did on this a little while ago, it was a couple weeks ago, I did a whole thing on population decline. It is very likely as of right now that the US population is going to start to decline. So we could see some of the shifts that happened in Japan in the US as well. We also can look at Germany really quickly. Actually, we saw some research across the 22 OECD countries as some of the largest advanced economies in the world.
And basically what it showed was that aging will decrease real housing prices on average by around 80 basis points per year, so 0.8 per year. So that is pretty significant, right? That is a headwind to housing increases. Now, it’s important to remember that the US is starting from a structural supply deficit, right? So even though we might see more vacancy, we are starting from a negative, right? And so some of this might just get us back to a balanced market. But as we talk about on this show, all of these things, all these variables, none of them are a silver bullet. None of them are going to change the market unto themselves. What happens is some things put upward pressure on prices, some things put downward pressure on prices. And our demographics in the United States, which have been huge accelerants for housing prices over the last several decades and still are today, and I believe still will be for the next five years or so.
And starting the 2030s, maybe beyond that, it might become downward pressure on pricing. Doesn’t mean you can’t invest, doesn’t mean that housing prices are going to crash, but it’s sort of a flip. It’s a flip of a switch from a tailwind where it was helping appreciation to a headwind where it was going to hurt appreciation. That to me is sort of the big takeaway here is that it’s probably going to be a tailwind for appreciation, but let’s just game out a little bit what actually might happen here. As I do with housing predictions every year, I like to just offer different scenarios. I’m not going to sit here and pretend I know exactly how this is all going to play out, but I’ve done a lot of research on this and I do think I can share what’s the most likely scenario, at least the way the data looks today.
Similar to where we are in the Great Stall, I think this is going to play out very slowly, sort of like a slow grind, right? It’s the wave, it’s not a tsunami, like I said, it’s this sort of rising tide of inventory. Boomers probably going to continue aging in place for as long as they can. They’re probably going to transfer property to their heirs gradually, and many of those heirs I think are going to choose to occupy or to rent out. Again, they don’t have to move into it. They can rent it out rather than sell. And I don’t think we’re going to see this massive tidal wave that everyone’s predicting. Not all of this inventory is going to hit the market. I think it’s probably closer to 50 to 75%. That is also going to happen over 10 to 20 years. And what I think that means is that over the next 10 to 20 years, we’re going to see more inventory and slower appreciation.
Now that is on a national basis. And as you all know, that is not really how things play out in real estate. It’s not really what matters to most of us as real estate investors. I actually think that we are going to see the biggest downward pressure on pricing in rural areas and in age dense suburbs. So if you look at places, I’m going to just call out Florida, right? They have a very old population. In those suburbs, they’re probably going to have the most downward pressure on pricing out of all of the markets. You also see that a lot of older folks live in more rural areas proportionately, or I should say rural areas are disproportionately made up of older people. So the pressure prices are going to face are probably going to be more in rural and suburban areas and much less in urban cities.
On top of Florida, also call out other places where retirees tend to move, places like Arizona or parts of California. You also see parts of the Midwest, even though they are not sunny, do have high concentrations of baby boomers. And so those are all places where I think you need to look at and rethink what appreciation in those markets might be. We might see flat markets there for a very long time. So I think we really need to consider that in those specific regions. I’m not saying that on a national basis, but just in these specific places. That’s what I think is the most likely scenario. Is there a scenario where it causes a crash? Yeah, I kind of just did a thougt exercise to try and think of like, can I think of a way where there is a big crash? And I think it has to be some sort of black swan event where all of a sudden, maybe there’s a massive stock market crash where boomers are losing some of their wealth and need to tap into their home equity to pay for day-to-day expenses and they sell their homes.
That’s something I can imagine happening. There could be some healthcare shocks, right? Boomers are in their 70s right now as they get into their 80s. We all know the price of healthcare keeps going up and up and up. And so maybe in five, 10 years, a lot of these boomers are in their 80s. They need money to pay for long-term care. They start to sell in mass in more of a concentrated fashion. Could those things happen? Yes, but I think that might probably be part of a bigger economic crisis. And so it’s not like the boomer situation alone would cause a housing market crash in that situation. It would probably add to it though, right? If we had a massive unemployment, massive stock market crash and boomers will be impacted that just like everyone else. So it’ll be another thing contributing to some challenges for the housing market.
But I don’t think. I have a hard time seeing this situation alone without some other external catalyst causing a full on real estate crash. I think the much more likely scenario is the more boring scenario where it puts downward pressure on pricing, modest downward pressure on pricing over the next five, 10, maybe even 20 years. So that’s not great news for appreciation, but again, gradual, not all at once. So with all that said, what does this mean for real estate investors? I’ll just recap this quickly, but basically what I said before, I think we’re going to see more inventory. We’ve been in a very low inventory for the last couple of years, and I do still think it’s going to take years to recover. I’m not saying this is going to happen in 2026 or 2027. I talked about this earlier. I think this is more in the 2030s, but we’re going to be moving towards there gradually.
Over the next couple of years, I think we’ll see more inventory recover. So that’s going to put some downward pressure on appreciation, but it also means more deals. I’ve said this for a while, but I think appreciation is going to be subdued for a while. It’s going to be slow. We might have flat prices for years to come. We may not see real home prices, inflation adjusted home prices for many years. I actually, we had Mike Simonson on the show from Altos Research knows a lot about this. He said he thinks it could be 10 years. And I know that seems frustrating and I know it can be scary, but it really just means you have to change your approach to investing. It means you have to change your approach to underwriting deals. I personally believe underwriting for very low or even no appreciation is smart.
I think I might even start doing that indefinitely. Actually, when I was writing my book, Real Estate by the Numbers, I wrote it with Jay Scott, great investor. He and I were sort of debating this because I underwrite for appreciation or have for the last 12 years, very modest, two, 3% appreciation for most deals, just because that’s what the long-term average is. But I actually think for the next five, 10 years, although it probably will still have some positive appreciation, as an investor, if you want to be conservative and protect yourself, I’d underwrite for little to no appreciation. That’s what Jay Scott does. He told me he’s never underwritten for appreciation. And that just means you’re going to have to look at a lot more deals. You’re going to have to be a lot more discerning. But if you do that and you can find those deals, which you can, it just takes patience and practice.
But when you find those deals, they are extremely low risk because you’re not counting on any appreciation. You’re counting on all those other benefits that real estate can bring to you. So that’s a takeaway number one, more inventory, lower appreciation, but we are going to get better deal flow. That is the trade off. That’s how it works. When appreciation is high, deals are hard to find. Then the pendulum swings back and deals are easy to find, but appreciation is low. And I think we’re sort of in the middle right now. I don’t think we’ve reached that sort of reality check time when sellers are lowering prices and rent to price to ratios start to improve, but I think we are heading in that direction. This is one of the reasons I am personally going to start focusing more on cashflow than I have in the recent years.
And that’s my plan indefinitely because as we all know, real estate makes you money in four or five different ways. We got cashflow, we got appreciation, taxes, value add, amortization, right? And because appreciation I think is no longer reliable, hopefully it comes. I could be wrong about that. Hopefully it comes, but I just don’t think it’s reliable. It is not obvious that it’s going to boost your returns. So that just means as an investor, what you need to do is just look at those other four things. How do you create a deal where some combination of tax benefits, value add investing, amortization and cash flow get you the return that you are looking for? I’ve been saying this for years, but I look at total return. I look at how my total return is among those five different ways you make money. And so if appreciation’s going to contribute less to my total return, that means those other things are going to have to work a little bit harder.
And for me, cashflow and value add are the things that you can really control. Tax benefits for some people, I’m not a real estate tax professional, so I have limited options on tax benefits. If you have those options, I would recommend getting creative there. But for someone like me or if you’re a W2 employee, cashflow and value add, those are the ways to make money in real estate right now. That’s how I plan to make money in real estate right now. It’s why I flipped the house last year, not because I want to be a flipper, because I want to get better at value add investing. And because I’m making that shift, it does mean it’s harder for me to find deals right now. I haven’t pulled the trigger on anything this year. I do want to try and buy some real estate this year, but I haven’t been able to find anything that has the right return for me.
But I will just say anecdotally and talking to friends that better and better deals are coming. I’m looking at more that are interesting and I firmly believe that more are coming. Like I said, that’s the trade off. The pendulum is swinging back in the right direction. This may sound like a bold claim, but I actually think over the next couple of years, cashflow will get easier to find. I think that prices are going to stagnate. I think they’re going to fall this year. I don’t think they’re going to grow a lot in the next couple of years. But if you look historically, rents typically don’t fall as much during these types of periods. They might even grow. And so what that means is rent to price ratios will actually get better, meaning that your prospect for cash flow is going to get better. I don’t think it’s going to get us back to where we saw rent to price ratios after the great financial crisis, but it will get closer.
And that means cashflow will get better in the coming years. And so that’s sort of the shift that I am making. Take what the market is giving you. It is going to give us less appreciation. It is probably going to give us more cash flow. Have we reached the part where cashflow is easy to find? No. And that’s frustrating. And that means you have to be extremely patient right now, which is what I am doing and what I recommend you do as well. That’s at least the way I’m approaching this, but I would love to hear your opinions on this and how you’re going to approach investing in light of this demographic shift that is going on. That’s what we got for you today for On The Market. I’m Dave Meyer. We’ll see you next time.

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Europe tells Trump to get lost on Iran, again



European leaders doubled down Thursday on refusing to join the United States and Israel military campaigns in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising oil and gas prices caused by the war.

European leaders have deflected entreaties from U.S. President Donald Trump to send military assets to secure the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the global flow of oil, gas and fertilizer. However, rising energy prices because of the war and fears in Europe of a new refugee crisis have pushed leaders to make the Middle East a priority at the summit.

“We are very worried about the energy crisis,” said Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever ahead of the summit. He said that energy prices were too high before the war, but that the conflict “created another spike.”

“If that becomes structural, we’re in deep trouble,” he said.

The summit was initially expected to center on overcoming Hungary’s opposition to a massive loan for Ukraine, but the conflicts in Iran and Lebanon reset the agenda.

European leaders have no ‘appetite’ for joining the war

European leaders have been deeply critical of the Iranian government, but none have offered immediate help to the U.S. Britain is flat-out refusing to be drawn into the war. France says the fighting would have to die down first.

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said that Europe “will not allow itself to be blackmailed” into joining the United States and Israel military campaign in the Middle East.

“Europe — and Austria as well — will not allow itself to be blackmailed,” he said ahead of the European Council summit of the leaders of the 27 EU nations. “Intervention in the Strait of Hormuz is not an option for Austria anyway.”

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said there was “no appetite” among leaders to expand a European naval force in the Red Sea to help secure the Strait of Hormuz or otherwise join the fray.

Looking ahead to the war’s end

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the war must end before his country can help with matters such as keeping shipping lanes clear.

“We can and will commit ourselves only when the weapons fall silent,” he said of potential German military support to secure shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. “We can then do a great deal, up to opening sea lanes and keeping them clear, but we’re not doing it during ongoing combat operations.”

He said that would require an international mandate, among other complicated steps, “before we can even consider such an issue.”

While the EU isn’t a party to the conflict, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said he understood the U.S. and Israeli reasons for launching the campaign against the “brutal” Iranian government. He called for the EU to increase both sanctions on Iran and support for Iranian opposition groups

But others blasted the war as “illegal” and destabilizing.

“We are against this war because it is illegal,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said: “It’s causing a lot of damage to civilians, of course, refugees and the economic consequences that the whole world, especially the global south, is already suffering.”

Trump had mentioned NATO support for clearing the Strait of Hormuz but has not officially requested it, said Evika Silina, prime minister of Latvia, one of the 23 out of the 27 EU nations that are NATO members.

“When there will be some official requests, I think we always have to evaluate those requests.”

No single fix for the EU’s diverse energy markets

The European Commission has told leaders it has a mix of financial instruments that member nations could deploy to lower energy prices, which will be up for discussion. No single policy will likely work to blunt the economic shocks from the war across the bloc’s myriad markets from Romania to Ireland.

EU leaders are hoping their experience weaning off of Russian energy in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and of building up the bloc’s military spending towards self-sufficiency will enable to them to do the same for energy independence.

While some European capitals have called for the suspension or scrapping of climate policies to stave off the worst of the recent spike in energy prices because of the war, others have argued that the EU’s long-term energy strategy should be home-grown sustainable energy decoupled from vulnerable fossil fuel markets.

European Council President Antonio Costa said that “energy means security” and that the EU should “build our own capacity to produce our own energy, because it’s the only way to be secure.”

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Associated Press writers Pietro De Cristofaro, Geir Moulson in Berlin and Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed to this report.

The Pros and Cons of Buying New Construction


Are you having a rough time finding the exact home that meets your vision? Then building your dream home may be the right strategy for you. A custom home can take a few forms.

This label encompasses everything from buying a newly built home that allows for a few customized home plans to hiring a custom home builder who can tailor every plank, light switch, and master bedroom angle to your exact specifications.

Deezer posts first-ever annual profit – despite total subscriber base declining in 2025


Deezer posts first-ever annual profit – despite total subscriber base declining in 2025

Deezer has achieved profitability for the first time in its history, reporting net income of EUR €8.5 million for fiscal year 2025 — a sharp reversal from the €26 million loss it posted in 2024.

The Paris-headquartered streaming platform published its full-year results on Wednesday (March 18), calling the milestone the start of “a cycle of sustainable profitability“.

The result is all the more striking given that Deezer’s total subscriber count fell significantly over the course of the year.

Deezer reports its subscriber base in two categories: ‘Direct’ subscribers, who sign up and pay for the service themselves, and ‘Partnerships’ subscribers, who access Deezer through third-party bundles — typically with telcos such as Orange and Bouygues, or through commercial tie-ups like its deal with German broadcaster RTL+.

By the end of H1 2025, Deezer’s total paying subscribers had dropped to 9.2 million — down from 10 million a year earlier on a like-for-like basis. (Worth noting that Deezer originally reported its H1 2024 subscriber base at 10.5 million; this figure was subsequently restated downward to approximately 10 million after the company removed around 500,000 inactive family accounts from its count.)

The drop in overall subscribers was concentrated in Deezer’s partnerships segment, where subscribers contracted sharply as promotional cohorts from its Meli+ arrangement with Brazilian marketplace Mercado Libre were converted to premium offers or churned off the platform entirely.

Partnerships revenue fell -12.1% YoY for the full year to €147.8 million as a result. Excluding the Mercado Libre effect, the company said partnership revenue was broadly stable year-over-year.

Deezer’s direct subscriber base, however, grew in the opposite direction — and it is this higher-value segment that underpinned the path to profitability.

In France, the platform’s core market, direct subscribers rose +8.6% YoY to 3.8 million. The firm’s rest-of-world direct subscriber base also returned to growth at +7.7% YoY for the full year, after several quarters of decline.


Alongside the shift in subscriber mix, aggressive cost-cutting proved equally critical. Deezer reduced operating expenses by €12 million year-over-year across marketing, staffing, and general administrative costs, which the company described as a result of “disciplined cost management.”

Adjusted EBITDA reached €9.7 million for the full year — up from negative €4 million in 2024 — marking the first time the Euronext-listed company has delivered a positive annual figure on this measure. Free cash flow came in at €10 million, and Deezer closed the year with a cash position of €65 million and net cash of €57.4 million, up from €47.3 million at the end of 2024.

Consolidated revenue was €534 million, a marginal -1.4% YoY decline at current exchange rates but broadly flat at constant currency — in line with the company’s guidance. Adjusted gross profit rose slightly to €135.5 million, yielding a 25.4% margin.

Deezer’s ‘other’ revenue segment — encompassing advertising, ancillary income, and white-label solutions — was a notable contributor to the improved margin picture, climbing +17.9% YoY to €34.2 million.

The company attributed this largely to the performance of Sonos Radio and the expansion of its white-labeling business for hardware and media partners.

The platform renewed 10 major partnership agreements during the year, including with TIM and Sonos, and expanded into new verticals with clients such as Fitness Park, EDF, and Molotov TV.

Alexis Lanternier, CEO of Deezer, said the results validated the company’s strategic direction. “For the first time in our history, we delivered positive net income, alongside sustained positive free cash flow and double-digit adjusted EBITDA,” stated Lanternier. “We met or exceeded all of our financial commitments.”


Deezer’s positioning on AI-generated content has become a defining feature of its brand.

In January 2026, the company disclosed that it was receiving approximately 60,000 fully AI-generated tracks per day — around 39% of all daily deliveries to the platform.



Up to 85% of streams on that AI-generated content were detected as fraudulent, demonetized and removed from the royalty pool. Deezer has begun commercially licensing its proprietary detection technology to partners, including French collecting society Sacem.

The company said 85% of its partners are now on its artist-centric payment system, which it pioneered with Universal Music Group in 2023 before expanding it through deals with Warner Music Group, Merlin, and Sacem.

For 2026, Deezer said it expects revenue in line with FY25 while maintaining positive adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow. Strategic priorities include accelerating direct subscriber growth, scaling a new B2B offering called ‘Deezer for Professionals,’ and monetizing its AI detection capabilities through licensing. Q1 2026 revenue is due April 23.Music Business Worldwide

“We Are Balancing Two Goals.” US Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady


The US Federal Reserve announced today that it had decided not to change benchmark rates. The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75%.

All members of the Committee voted for the decision, except for Stephen I. Miran, who sought a 25 bps reduction.

According to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement, economic uncertainty has been heightened by existing factors and the conflict in the Middle East.

The war with Iran has caused oil prices to rise considerably. It is difficult to know how long higher prices will remain.

The Committee said it is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate of full employment and inflation at 2%.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell noted that the labor market is not a source of inflation. The PPI was published today, showing a hotter-than-expected reading.

While the Fed believes holding rates is the correct move, the inflation data platform TruFlation continues to report that actual inflation is far lower than the numbers the Fed relies on. Chair Powell said they expect continued progress on housing services and on inflation in goods and services coming down.

 

Other comments of note from Chair Powell at the presser.

The Chairman said he has no intention of leaving the Fed until the investigation by the DOJ into his management of the Fed is over.

He also plans to remain as Chairman Pro-Tem until his replacement is approved.

After that, he said he has not decided whether he will remain on the Fed board, as his term is not yet over.

 

 



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10 Flexible Part Time Jobs You Can Do From Anywhere


In an ideal world you’d be able to work full time, have a full class load, maintain some sort of social life and balance it all perfectly. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world.

Having a job while attending college is one of the keys to avoiding monstrous piles of student loan debt. But it can be hard to find a job that allows the flexibility you need. This is where a flexible part time job can come in handy.

There are hundreds of perfectly legit ways to earn a part time income on your own hours from the comfort of your home.

These ten flexible part time jobs are a great fit for college students. Note: these are all freelance jobs – which work great for side gigs.

1. Freelance Writer

Freelance writing is how I started my work from home journey and is one skill that is in huge demand. As more and more companies build their presences online the need for competent writers has grown as well.

The pay of a freelance writer can vary greatly. At the low end you can expect to get $20 per article and at the higher end you can earn $1,000 or more. The pay you earn depends upon your areas of expertise, your writing abilities and how well you’re able to market your services.

The beauty of freelance writing is that, while you’ll have deadlines to meet, you won’t have a set schedule. You can also scale up or down on work as your other commitments fluctuate.

Note: AI has made this more challenging to get into, but if you have true subject matter expertise, you can easily make money in this area. And AI can be a super-charging force, not a competitor. 

If you’re interested in earning money writing check out this post: 14 Ways to Get Paid to Write.

Or, jump into this course that will teach you how to become a freelance writer from someone who makes six figures a year freelancing. Check out: Earn More Writing.

2. Social Media Manager

Another higher paying freelance job is a social media manager.

The median pay rate for a social media manager is $14/hour, however, if you are effective at your job you can certainly earn a much higher hourly rate.

One of the more popular approaches is helping local small businesses run their social media accounts – something you could easily do on the side.

You can look for social media positions at sites like Upwork.com or Montser.com or you can pitch local businesses.

Again, this is another area where true expertise can shine – especially part time. So many local businesses could use video creators and other social media pros to help them.

3. ESL Teacher

If you like teaching and are looking for a way to earn doing it there are many places seeking ESL (English Second Language) teachers.

These positions require the ability to teach English to non-native English speakers. You generally do not need to know a second language.

If you’re interested in becoming an ESL teacher you can browse some opportunities in our full guide: How To Get Paid For Teaching English Online.

4. Online Tutor

Tutoring jobs have always been great options for college students but can be cumbersome if you’re working with a busy schedule.

Tutor.com will allow you to work as little as 5 hours per week and up to 29 hours per week. You’re able to schedule sessions ahead of time according to your schedule or you can pick up one of the available sessions at any time.

There are broad range of topics in need of new tutors. You can check out that list here.

5. Transcriptionist

Transcriptionists listen to audio and transcribe that content into text documents. There are a number of different transcriptionist opportunities – medical transcription, transcribing podcasts, transcribing speeches and more.

There are also many scams when it comes to transcription so you need to be wary when looking for these types of jobs. A general rule of thumb is to never pay to get a job.

The average pay for transcription sits right around $15 per hour.  However the pay will depend upon your speed and accuracy. Most companies will require you to pass a skills test if you’re a new transcriber.

Here are some places you can find legit transcription jobs:

  • Rev

6. Start a Blog/Website/Substack

Let me be clear – blogging is definitely not a get rich quick scheme or an easy way to earn money. (Despite what anyone tries to tell you.)  But if you have a lot of spare time, especially since we’re now on summer break, starting a blog and working on it can pay off over time (like, in a year or two.)

You can read here how Robert built a blog in his spare time and sold it for $11,000.

While this particular job isn’t going to earn you immediate income it could definitely pay off down the road if you’re willing to put in the effort.

Read our full guide on How To Start A Personal Blog or Website. Today, you can also start a Substack and start driving traffic and revenue as well. They key, again, is to have some unique expertise that you can highlight.

7. Driving and Delivery

On-demand services have exploded, and rideshare and delivery apps are always looking for people to do the work.

These are awesome side gigs because they are typically the most flexible – you can do them anytime, anywhere.

Here are some places you can sign up for this type of work:

  • Doordash
  • Uber

8. Website Tester

Companies always want to make sure their websites are user friendly and attractive. This is where website usability testers come in.

As a website tester you review a website and (normally) record a video of you using that website along with your audio commentary. If you have good communication skills this could be a perfect fit for you.

There are no set hours with this type of work. If you’re in interested in becoming a usability tester you can sign up with these companies:

  • UserTesting – Pays $10 per test.
  • UserFeel – Pays $10 per test.

(Tests normally take anywhere from 10-25 minutes to complete.)

9. Data Entry Specialist

Data Entry jobs are not the highest paying online jobs but can be a good fit for beginners looking for fairly simple work. As a data entry specialist you take a set of data and organize it or put in a specific program.

You can expect anywhere from $6-$12 per hour for this type of work.

Here are some places to check out:

  • Clickworker
  • UpWork.com

10. Freelance Researcher

Have you ever had a question that you needed an answer for but didn’t feel like researching yourself? There are now freelance research sites dedicated to answering those questions.

Toptal is one site I’m familiar with that hires freelance researchers to answer their customers’ questions. The pay varies depending on the complexity of the question being asked.

If you’re looking for more science focused work, check out Kolabtree.

Finding a Flexible Part Time Job that Fits You

There’s an abundance of flexible part time jobs online but it might take a little trial and error to find the one that best suits your skills, schedule and pay requirements.

As you’re looking for jobs be wary of scams. Never pay to get a job unless you’re purchasing required equipment and when in doubt check the company on the Better Business Bureau website.

We also have a list of 100 other flexible jobs here.

Are there any flexible part time jobs you’d add to the list?

Editor: Robert Farrington

Reviewed by: Clint Proctor

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Crashing 51%, 3 Reasons to Buy This Netflix Rival in March and Hold for 5 Years


The monster success that Netflix has achieved makes it a company that’s deserving of all the attention it receives from investors. However, the streaming stock isn’t the most attractive opportunity, mainly since its valuation looks expensive right now at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.7.

There’s another media and entertainment stock that’s trading 51% below its all-time record from March 2021 (as of March 16). Despite the plummet, here are three reasons investors might want to buy this Netflix rival in March and hold for five years.

Image source: The Motley Fool.

This company’s streaming segment is exhibiting financial strength

The business that investors need to consider buying is Walt Disney (DIS 0.97%). The first reason why is the financial success being exhibited by its direct-to-consumer streaming segment, which includes Disney+ and Hulu (excluding Hulu Live TV). It registered operating income of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 (ended Sept. 27, 2025), up 828% from $143 million in the year before.

For fiscal 2026, the leadership team expects this segment to post a 10% operating margin. Assuming there’s 10% revenue growth this fiscal year, it implies $2.7 billion in operating income will be reported by the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services combined. Compared to the massive losses just a couple of years before, this development is welcomed by investors.

Experiences bring the magic of intellectual property to the physical world

Disney’s video entertainment gets a lot of buzz. However, the most critical segment comes from its experiences, such as its theme parks and cruises. Disney has parks and resorts around the world, and it plans to open one in Abu Dhabi next. It’s also significantly expanding its cruise fleet from eight ships now to a total of 13.

Management clearly sees a lot of potential for the experiences division. The financial performance is hard to ignore. It boasted a 33% operating margin in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (ended Dec. 27, 2025). And durable revenue growth has been achieved over the years.

It’s impossible for competitors to copy what Disney has built. The company owns so much valuable intellectual property that it will likely never run out of ideas to create new experiences.

Walt Disney Stock Quote

Today’s Change

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Current Price

$99.33

The current valuation means now is the time to act

Maybe the most convincing reason to scoop up Disney shares in March comes down to the valuation. It’s extremely compelling. The stock can be bought right now at a P/E multiple of 14.5. This is a sizable 62% discount to where Netflix currently trades.

The market still appears to be cautious, which is understandable. Disney’s share price has lost half its value in the past five years, while Netflix is up 83%. But given the desirable qualities the House of Mouse possesses, Disney is poised to be a winning investment over the next five years.

Neil Patel has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Netflix and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Doctors Program (Physician Loan) – MortgageDepot


Exclusive Home Financing for Medical Professionals

MortgageDepot’s Doctors Program, also known as a Physician Loan, provides a path to homeownership with up to 100% financing and no private mortgage insurance (PMI). Medical professionals often face unique financial circumstances, including high student loan balances, delayed income growth during training, and the need to relocate for career opportunities. By eliminating PMI and allowing for high LTV financing, we empower medical professionals to purchase a primary residence without depleting their savings.

Eligible Medical Professionals

This program supports both early-career professionals and experienced practitioners, recognizing the strong earning potential and long-term financial stability associated with medical careers.

At least one borrower must hold one of the following medical designations:

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  • Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
  • Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)
  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM / VMD)
  • Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
  • Medical residents, fellows, and interns with qualifying medical degrees

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MortgageDepot’s Medical Professional Loan Program offers premium financing advantages:

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  • No PMI required, even with high loan-to-value financing
  • Maximum loan amount up to $2,000,000
  • Maximum debt-to-income ratio up to 50%
  • Minimum credit score of 680
  • Fixed-rate mortgage options: 15, 20, 25, and 30-year terms
  • Adjustable-rate mortgage options: 5/6, 7/6, and 10/6 ARMs
  • Primary residence financing only
  • 1-unit properties eligible
  • Purchase and Rate-and-Term Refinance options available
  • Non-occupying co-borrowers permitted
  • Gift funds allowed for reserves

Our Doctors Program offers a financing solution tailored to your profession. Our team specializes in structuring mortgage solutions that align with your current income, future earning potential, and long-term financial goals.

If you are a medical professional seeking high-LTV mortgage financing with no PMI, our Doctors Program is for you. Contact our team to explore your options.