[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fmuy4gxsz2i34":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":51,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":55,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":59},{"item":4,"previous":39,"next":45},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":37,"updatedAt":38},1302,"homeownership-is-a-cornerstone-of-the-american-dream","Homeownership is a Cornerstone of the American Dream ","\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nThe famous quote attributed to Mark Twain can apply to homeownership in the United States today. During the housing bubble of the last decade, the homeownership rate soared to over sixty-nine percent. After the crash, that percentage continued to fall for the next ten years.\r\n\r\n","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F12122323\u002F20190314-Share-STM.jpg","\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nThe famous quote attributed to Mark Twain can apply to homeownership in the United States today. During the housing bubble of the last decade, the homeownership rate soared to over sixty-nine percent. After the crash, that percentage continued to fall for the next ten years.\r\n\r\n\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThat led to speculation that homeownership was \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.washingtonpost.com\u002Fnews\u002Fwonk\u002Fwp\u002F2015\u002F06\u002F16\u002Fwhy-the-homeownership-rate-will-keep-falling-and-falling-and-falling\u002F\">no longer seen\u003C\u002Fa> as a major component of the American Dream. That belief became so widespread that the term \u003Cem>“renters’ society”\u003C\u002Fem> began to be used by some to define American consumers.\r\n\r\nHowever, the latest \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.census.gov\u002Fhousing\u002Fhvs\u002Ffiles\u002Fcurrenthvspress.pdf\">report\u003C\u002Fa> by the \u003Cem>Census Bureau\u003C\u002Fem> on homeownership shows that over the last two years, the percentage of homeowners has increased in each of the last eight quarters.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F20190314-ENG-MEM.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-39204\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F20190314-ENG-MEM.jpeg\" alt=\"Homeownership is a Cornerstone of the American Dream | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Going forward…\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nIt appears the homeownership rate will continue to increase.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nar.realtor\u002Fresearch-and-statistics\u002Fresearch-reports\u002Faspiring-home-buyers-profile\">The\u003Cem> 2019 Aspiring Home Buyers Profile\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> recently released by the \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors\u003C\u002Fem> revealed that 84% of non-owners want to own a home in the future. 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