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American dream of homeownership on hold for most young Utahns

By Lehi Free Press · July 29, 2026 · 1 min read
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A single house key sits alone on a concrete step, with the distant Wasatch Mountains blurred in the background, symbolizing the unreachable goal of homeownership.
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Utah News spotted this story published July 29, 2026 at Lehi Free Press. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

Lehi Free Press Ask anyone under 35 in American Fork or Lehi about buying a first home, and the answer tends to be some version of the same thing: not yet, and maybe never. The dream hasn’t changed. The math has. ai reported by the Deseret News in July.

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