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Opinion: Housing Crisis? Look to Canada for Answers

(Sept. 3) -- President Barack Obama has tried to prop up the housing market by helping people stay in their homes, even though they're still overwhelmed with mortgage debt. This is the latest in a long series of government interventions intended to promote homeownership. But propping up the housing market has only...

Survey: Even Homeowners Say Renting Is Best Move

(May 27) -- With the chances of home value appreciation looking dim, the continued risk of foreclosure and the cost of maintenance growing as a home ages, maybe owning a home isn't such a good idea right now. That's what U.S. homeowners seem to be concluding. In a recent survey about renting versus owning, homeowners made...

Americans Still Favor Homeownership as Safe Investment

(April 20) -- Just because homes aren't selling like hotcakes doesn't mean consumers have lost their appetite for a slice of the American Dream pie. Despite an epic downturn that could leave the housing market reeling for years to come, the vast majority of consumers, 70 percent, remain bullish on home buying as one of...

homeownership News From the Web

05/31/12 Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc.... Source: TMCnet NEW YORK, NY, May 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc. (NHSNYC) and NeighborWorks America kick off National Homeownership Month with a mobile HomeOwnership Center beneath a 600 sq. ft. tent June 1 in Times Square that will offer consumers a one-stop information resource related to affordable and sustainable homeownership.
10/07/11 The homeownership rate needs to fall even more Source: Ludwig Von Mises Institute The AP reported today that the homeownership rate declined to 65.1 percent during 2010, which is "the biggest drop since the Great Depression."
10/06/11 Census data show homeownership increased in Atlantic... Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Pleasantville NJ Despite turbulence in the real estate market, the rate of homeownership in Atlantic County has grown since 2000, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday show.
06/13/11 More Than 100 NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Centers Now... Source: TMCnet more than 100 communities across the nation.

Background on homeownership

The homeownership rate in the United States in 2009 remained similar to that in other post-industrial nations with 67.4% of all occupied housing units being occupied by the unit's owner.

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