Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market ... culture and fundamentally redefining the American Dream and the homes that have come to embody that dream.

While we may not be able to afford the price tags of a home with these luxury additions ... more space - both when they’re browsing dream homes as well as when they’re searching Rightmove ...

From tinier homes to fewer vacations, America's aspirations are getting smaller by the day The American dream — like a beloved pair of pants you left in the dryer too long — is shrinking.

Especially when it comes to one of the pillars of the American Dream: homes. The median sales price in the second quarter of 2024 was roughly $412,000, compared to about $127,000 in 1990.

The proportion of U.S. adults that still consider home ownership to be a component of the American Dream stood at 75%, according to the Realtor.com survey.

But they just didn't have the resources — the social mobility — to become wealthy owners of a house with a white picket fence. So, if you ask me what the "American dream" is today, it's more ...