美國80、90后遭遇買房難

06 美國80、90后遭遇買房難

當中國的年輕人面對高企的房價望洋興嘆時，在大洋彼岸的美國，同樣有一群年輕人在為房子的事情躊躇。一項調查顯示，美國出生于1980年至2000年的“千禧世代”（millennials）中，多達三分之一仍與父母同住。

Julian的故事

27歲的Julian家住紐約，他是眾多選擇住在父母家的“千禧世代”之一。

After college I moved to a town nearby.I moved in with my girlfriend at that time.Since we broke up, I couldn't afford my own place any more so I moved in with my mom.

大學畢業(yè)后我搬到附近的一個小鎮(zhèn)，和我當時的女朋友住在一起。后來我們分手了，我自己住不起了，就搬去和我媽同住。

And then some friends invited me out to Maryland to come with them.They said there were a lot of jobs out there.After that it didn't really pan out.I came back and got a job in the city here and moved in with my dad.

然后幾個朋友叫我去馬里蘭州，和他們一起，他們說那邊工作機會很多。但后來事情也沒成。于是我又回到紐約市，在這里找到了一份工作，搬來和我爸同住。

朱利安的故事并不罕見。美國“千禧世代”（指出生于1980年至2000年間的人）中，有三分之一與父母同住。這是自1968年開始有這項統(tǒng)計之后達到的最高點，甚至高于2009年金融危機期間。經濟學家們感到吃驚。美國經濟正在復蘇，就業(yè)情況有很大好轉，為什么年輕人還在和父母同?。?/p>

為什么年輕人還在和父母同住?

經濟壓力

哥倫比亞大學地產經濟教授Christopher Mayer給出了他的見解：

Young people are not doing quite as well as the unemployment rate suggests.They aren't getting jobs or not getting jobs that pay as much as they like.They're often not getting jobs in the careers they were originally trained for.

年輕人的實際情況并沒有就業(yè)數(shù)據顯示的那樣樂觀。他們或者找不到工作，或者找不到薪水讓他們滿意的工作，或者找不到專業(yè)對口的工作。

So the number of people living at home, I think, with student loans high, with rents rising which they've been and with housing credit being tight.The combination of those things makes it tough to move out on your own and to buy or even rent an apartment.

年輕人留在家里，因為學生貸款負擔那么重，房租持續(xù)上漲，房貸越來越難獲得，這些因素加起來讓年輕人很難搬出去獨立生活，很難買房甚至租房。

樓市風險

在樓市衰退中長大也讓這代年輕人更加謹慎，不愿重蹈覆轍。Julian認為：

If you asked me before the crash if I was going to buy a condo, I would say, no, I'm going to buy a house.But now because of that I would say maybe I should get a condo first.

如果你在樓市崩盤前問我，會不會買一套公寓，我會說，不，我想買一棟獨立的房子?，F(xiàn)在，因為那場危機，我會說，也許我應該從公寓開始。

I am way more cautious about where I'm going to put the investment and how much that investment is going to be.

我對把錢花在哪里、花多少變得謹慎多了。

攢錢買房

Mayer教授認為，大部分年輕人仍然希望購買自己的房子，他們只是還沒做好準備。留在父母家可以幫他們攢錢：

I think people are going to continue to aspire to buy their own homes, but they are facing economic challenges which make it much harder to do.

我想人們還是會渴望購買自己的房子。但經濟上的挑戰(zhàn)讓買房變得更加困難。

I don't think it's an issue of desire.I think they are facing a world which makes it harder to save, which makes it harder to make mortgage payments and get credits

我不覺得這是想不想的問題，而是眼下的現(xiàn)實世界讓攢錢變得更困難，讓按揭買房變得更困難。

詞匯總結

pan out 成功；結果（是）；證明

After that it didn't really pan out.

但后來事情也沒成。

condo ['k?nd??]

n.分戶出售公寓大廈（等于condominium）

If you asked me before the crash if I was going to buy a condo, I would say, no, I'm going to buy a house.

如果你在樓市崩盤前問我，會不會買一套公寓，我會說，不，我想買一棟獨立的房子。