Is This The House That Will Turn Millennials Into Homeowners?

If you were born after 1980, there's a pretty good chance you don't own a house. Thanks in part to massive student loans and difficulty finding jobs after graduation, almost half of men ages 18 to 34 (and over a third of women, a record number) still live with their parents.



Others rent. And while it's true that some millennials would rather live in the city than the burbs, some do want to houses. So one Las Vegas builder is trying to figure out how to design a house they'll actually be interested in buying—and actually be able to pay for.



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DON'T BUY: Here are 15 US housing markets where it makes more sense to rent

Buying a home can be a good investment, but in some areas the cost discrepancy between renting a place and buying a place can be massive.



RealtyTrac, a real-estate research firm, compiled data from 504 counties in large housing markets across the US. They found that in these markets the cost to rent, as a percentage of median wages, was lower than a monthly home payment about 42% of the time.



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