'Gray divorces' could pit single boomers against millennials for real estate

High baby boomer divorce rate could make it even harder for millennials to buy homes.

In 2017, a study from The Pew Research Center found that the divorce rate for baby boomers had roughly doubled since the 1990s. By early 2020, additional research by SmartAsset had found that more than one in ten senior citizens are divorced. In short, this phenomenon, known as 'gray divorce', shows no signs of slowing down.

This climbing divorce rate could have a lasting effect on the real estate industry. With that in mind, read on to get a sense of how real estate could be impacted if the gray divorce trend continues into boomers'(those born 1946 to 1964)later years.

baby boomer ベビーブーム、団塊の世代　boomer ブーﾏｧｰ(宣伝員)=baby boomer
 the generation born in the years after the second world war.
millennials 1980～2000年初頭までに生まれた世代　millennial (ﾏ)ﾐレﾆｱﾙ adj)千年期の
make it (even) harder さらにそれを難しくする、even+比較級　evenは比較の強調