homeownership lacey: Lacey Homeownership—and a Benefit for Children - 08/16/16 05:46 AM
 
 “Homeownership is the bedrock of the American Dream!” was long an unchallenged byword in American culture. Certainly most Lacey homeowners agreed during most of the 20th Century. That premise may have been rocked a little during the early phases of the Great Recession that shook the country starting in 2008, but as the housing recovery gathered steam, faith in the concept eventually returned for most folks.
The economic advantages of owning your own Lacey home have been particularly dramatic lately, as historically low mortgage interest rates have made the benefits of homeownership on the family budget dazzlingly apparent. One of the further … (0 comments)

homeownership lacey: Lacey Real Estate Watchers Note U.S. Homeownership Dip - 08/02/16 03:13 AM
 
 For Lacey real estate watchers, it was The Washington Post that came up with the most interesting angle on the last week in July’s most commented-upon real estate headline—which was that across the U.S., home ownership rates had slipped to 1960s levels.
CNBC went with the straight numbers (“Home ownership rates drop to 63.4%”); while website zerohedge decided on a more attention-grabbing route (“Homeownership Rate Crashes to Lowest Since 1965”).
Lacey readers whose brows might have been furrowed by zerohedge’s “rate-crashing” spin could have been relieved somewhat had they fled to sites like businessinsider, which added, “but may be bottoming” to the sobering … (2 comments)