Homes crisis had early start

Story date: 2007-12-06 06:05:00
Added on: 2007-12-06 07:00:20

Baltimore Sun - Thanks in large part to mortgage-related tax deductions and a drumbeat of advice that everyone should own his home, the U.S. homeownership rate rose steadily in recent decades. It peaked at 69.2 percent in 2004 before backing down to 68.2 percent at ...


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