homeownership
Housing by Ryan Hinricher | November 8, 2010 
Could a lost decade in homeownership be healthy for the housing market? This week’s article discusses this very question. Also covered is an update on the multi-family sector, an update on interest rates, mortgage applications, and the National Association of Realtor’s Pending Home Sales Index. Homeownership: Officially a Lost Decade The Census Bureau reported another [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Richard Warren | June 7, 2010 
As investors most of us tend to get caught up in the numbers. Is it a good deal? Can I rehab it for a profit? Is the rent sufficient enough to justify the price? Is there potential for appreciation? A savvy investor takes the emotion out of a deal. However for the average American making [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Peter Giardini | November 18, 2009 
Is it even conceivable that home ownership in the US could drop from its current 67% – 68% range to 50% or even lower? That is the gist of a conversation I had with a real estate agent last January. Based on his reading of the tea leaves, he couldn’t foresee a scenario where home [...]
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Joshua Dorkin
Home Ownership Below 50%: Is it Possible?
by Peter Giardini | November 18, 2009Is it even conceivable that home ownership in the US could drop from its current 67% – 68% range to 50% or even lower? That is the gist of a conversation I had with a real estate agent last January. Based on his reading of the tea leaves, he couldn’t foresee a scenario where home [...]