By Jann Swanson
Posted To: MND NewsWire
The U.S. homeownership rate ticked up by 0.1 percentage point in the second quarter of 2017, to 63.7 percent. The rate, which trended down for several years prior to the Great Recession and then steadily thereafter, hit what is hoped will be its cyclical low in the second quarter of 2016, 62.9 percent. Prior to the downturn, the rate peaked twice in 2004 at 69.2 percent. The U.S. Census Bureau says there is some seasonality in the homeownership rate, and when adjusted to reflect that, the most recent number is 63.9 percent, 0.8 percentage points higher than the second quarter of 2016 but not statistically different from the first quarter of this year. Homeownership is highest in the Midwest at 68.0 percent, and lowest in the West at 58.9 percent. The rate rose slightly from quarter to quarter…(read more)
Via:: Millennial Homeownership Ticked Up in Q2
