December 15, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
According to a recent study released by the Census Bureau, 11.0% of the U.S. population moved in the year ended 1Q17. The study refers to this as the “mover rate” and notes that the latest reading was lower than 11.2% in the prior year, which ...
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November 17, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Over the last two weeks, committees in the House of Representatives and Senate released tax plan proposals that aimed to lower personal and corporate taxes. On the personal side, while the two proposals have many nuances and variances in how ...
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homeownershipmacro housing
November 03, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Several months ago, we wrote an analysis titled “Will This Halt the ‘Renter Nation’ War Cries?” after 2Q17 homeownership rates were published in the Housing Vacancies and Homeownership Survey (HVS) by the Census Bureau ...
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homeownership
July 28, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Last week, Pew Research Center published a short analysis titled “More U.S. households are renting than at any point in 50 years”, which caught numerous media headlines and fed the rhetoric among those that believe the homeownership rate and ...
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homeownership
July 14, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
As we have reported previously, there are approximately 16 million single-family rental homes across the country, accounting for almost 35% of all rental properties and clearly standing as a critical component of the housing supply chain. Looking ...
May 05, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
According to the most-frequently cited measure of homeownership produced quarterly by the Census Bureau, the decade long slide in the national homeownership rate just ended. For 1Q17, 63.6% of households were owners versus renters, up 10 basis ...
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homeownership
April 07, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
Earlier this week, the New York Federal Reserve published a presentation on household debt with a focus on student loans. According to the analysis, there was $1.31 trillion of outstanding student debt at the end of 2016, up 50% over the last ...
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February 10, 2017 by Zelman & Associates
We recently outlined several reasons why we believed that the national homeownership rate was near a bottom. The most-frequently cited measure of homeownership comes from the Census Bureau’s quarterly Housing ...
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entry-levelhomeownership
December 30, 2016 by Zelman & Associates
With the incoming Trump administration and the Republican control of Congress, the country appears to be on the verge of tax reform, both for individuals and corporations. For individuals, tax reform is typically centered on marginal income ...
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homeownershipmacro housing
November 04, 2016 by Zelman & Associates
For 3Q16, the Census Bureau reported that the national homeownership rate, as measured by its quarterly Housing Vacancies and Homeownership Survey was 63.5%, up from 62.9% in 2Q16, with about half of the improvement due to typical seasonality ...
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homeownership
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