The State of Real Estate

Prudential Real Estate Outlook Survey: Home Ownership Is Increasingly Important to Younger Americans Read about the report:

Three overlooked real estate benefits

Recently, during a conversation with a couple of home buyers around the subject of trade-offs, it became crystal clear that they were struggling to reconcile their conflicting wants and needs between themselves, but, more importantly, within themselves, creating an internal war and state of being stuck when it came to committing to a firm direction …

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93% of Young Renters Plan to Become Owners

Consumers are becoming more positive toward the idea of homeownership as home prices rise and the threat of delinquencies and foreclosures subside, Trulia reported Wednesday. Confidence in future ownership is especially prevalent among young renters. According to Trulia’s American Dream survey, 93 percent of renters between the ages of 18 and 34 plan to purchase …

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Homeownership Remains Low Despite Decreasing Burden of Owning

The landscape of homeownership has undergone significant changes in recent years: The homeownership rate has declined, but so has the cost burden of owning a home. Both of these trends are most prevalent among young homeowners, according to a recent report from Fannie Mae. The national homeownership rate has declined in each of the past …

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