Homeownership falls to lowest level since 1998

Stricter lending standards blocked purchases and foreclosures forced people out of their residences resulting in U.S. home ownership rate falling to the lowest level since 1998 in the second quarter. The U.S. Census Bureau said in a report today the ownership rate through June was 65.9 percent, the lowest since the same rate 13 years ago.

The homeownership rate dropped to 66.4 percent in the first quarter, the lowest level since 1998, according to a report by the Census Bureau out Wednesday. It fell from 66.5 percent in the fourth.

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U.S. Homeownership Falls to Lowest Since 1998 on Tight Lending. By Kathleen M. Howley – Bloomberg News Jul 29, 2011 . The U.S. homeownership rate fell to the lowest level since 1998 in the second quarter as stricter lending standards blocked purchases and foreclosures forced people out of their residences.

Homeownership affordability plunges to 10-year low across America. Adrian D. time last year. The national average was the lowest level since third quarter 2008 when the index was 87.. Saint Johns County, FL, 3.7%, 98.

St. Paul, MN – February 13, 2013 – The number of homes lost to foreclosure in Minnesota has fallen to the lowest level since 2006, according to a new report from the Minnesota Homeownership Center, Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, Minnesota Housing and the Family Housing Fund.

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The U.S. homeownership rate stood at 63.4% for the second quarter of 2015. That's nearly a record low, and a level not seen since 1967.

Highest homeownership in American history. the overall crime rate declined for 8 consecutive years, the longest continuous drop on record, and is at the lowest level since 1973. 100,000 more police for our streets. The infant mortality rate has dropped from 8.5 deaths per 1,000 in 1992 to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 in 1998, the lowest rate ever.

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