U.S. homeownership continues to slip

Story date: 2007-10-27 12:14:00
Added on: 2007-10-27 01:00:15

Baltimore Sun - Declining ownership rates mean fewer Americans will be able to tap housing equity to finance education ... The volume of mortgages issued this year will fall to the lowest since 2000, the Mortgage Bankers Association forecast this month.


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