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3. given the population increase in the last 20 years,

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:44 PM

Jun 2015

there's plenty of room for the rate to go down while the *number of homeowners* still goes up.

the term "number of homeowners" is simply the wrong term, it doesn't relate to the article or your links.

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Number of US homeowners reaches 20-year low [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2015 OP

shame on the guardian for that math-impaired headline. unblock Jun 2015 #1

Nope jtuck004 Jun 2015 #2

given the population increase in the last 20 years, unblock Jun 2015 #3

I'm sure you have a reason for not looking, just like dog poop is now more important than jtuck004 Jun 2015 #4

wtf did i do to you? unblock Jun 2015 #5

here we go, link from the census: unblock Jun 2015 #6

HO Rate much worse than that - 1980 Q1: 65.5%; 2015 Q1: 63.8 Yo_Mama Jun 2015 #7

i agree. i'm not saying the the number of homeowners is a useful indicator of anything. unblock Jun 2015 #8