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Home ownership
The spring home-buying season could use more homes
Mar 20, 2017
Builders are building, but too may owners are staying put.
In England, fewer people own their homes
by
Andy Uhler
Mar 3, 2017
The British government released the latest English Housing Survey this week. It found that home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years. It also noted that almost half of all the people in England age 25 to 34 currently rent their home from an individual private landlord. Click the above […]
Half of all U.S. renters are over 40
Dec 11, 2015
Hit hard by the housing crisis, middle aged households are increasingly renting.
U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage an 'outlier'
Oct 14, 2015
In other developed economies, the stable, fixed-rate mortgage is nowhere to be found.
Home foreclosures down, bank repos up
Sep 17, 2015
Banks are clearing out 'bottom-of-the-barrel homes.'
When foreclosure cases drag on for years
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 30, 2015
Homeowners may find themselves living mortgage-free for life
Homeownership rate dips to lowest level in 20 years
Jan 30, 2015
A drop in homeownership might — or might not — be a key economic indicator.
For public good, not for profit.
Immigrants closing gap on homeownership
Aug 28, 2014
Immigrants fared better on homeownership than the native-born in the recession.
Homeowners brace for another foreclosure wave
Jul 2, 2014
Interest rates cut in the housing crisis will start to rise again this year.
Mobility remains a challenge for struggling home owners
Feb 28, 2014
This is a good news, bad news story. We'll start with the good news.