Renting drives U.S. homeownership to 19-year low

(Reuters) – Homeownership in the United States hit a 19-year low in the second quarter as tight finances continued to drive Americans toward renting, one of the lasting legacies of the recession. The seasonally adjusted homeownership rate fell to 64.8 percent,...

The American Dream – Set for Modification

Ever since World War II men and women have scrimped, saved, and finally allowed themselves the ultimate luxury of buying a home. It was the American Dream, sold to the public as the defining characteristic of a life well-lived. But a funny thing happened on the way to...

Homeownership Decline – Not All Bad News

The recent collapse in home ownership from the financial crisis of 2008 has left many wondering what the future holds for home ownership rates. Some have argued that it “can’t get any worse” than we have seen over the last few years, and that a recovery is...

Why Landlords Love Student Loans

Debt can get you in trouble in so many different ways, with student loans being one a shining example. These days, the debt load for college and vocational school graduates is so high that it interferes with their ability to secure one of the critical components of...

The Future of Home Ownership

We spend a lot of time with this blog extolling the very real virtues of investing in income properties rather than the stock market. That’s all well and good but what about the people who don’t want to tackle property investing and only want to be able to...