The Importance Of Home Ownership To The American Dream
From almost the very beginning of this country, people have seen home ownership as part of the American Dream. Whether they were born here or they migrated here from another country, they wanted to own a piece of that dream. But with so many societal changes over over the last few decades, it is fair to ask if people in American still feel the same way about owning a home. The answer was a big as a house in two recent reports released earlier this month. In their market trends report, As Housing Trends Shift,So Does Renter, Buyer and Seller Sentiment, Trulia revealed that: "After two years of no change, the share of Americans who say that home ownership is part of the their personal "American Dream" ticked up from 72% to 73% of Americans." At the same time, the National Association of Realtors released their Aspiring Home Buyers Profile. As the report explained: "For both the home owner and non-home owner alike, home ownershi