Posts with tag homeownership

Despite crumbling home values amid the housing downturn, the majority of Americans still aspire to own their own homes. A new survey by Integra Realty Resources found that 75 percent of non-homeowners ages 22 to 50 would still like to own a home someday. Younger Americans were even more positive: Of those younger than... Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON -- The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring buying season. Sales of previously occupied homes are at their highest level since May 2010. More first-time buyers are making purchases. And the supply of homes fell last month to its lowest point in nearly seven years, which could push home... Continue Reading »

By Les Christie, CNNMoney NEW YORK -- When it comes to dating, homeownership can be the ultimate aphrodisiac. In a survey of 1,000 single people, more than a third of women and 18 percent of men said they would much rather date a homeowner than a renter. Only 2 percent of women said they preferred to date a man who... Continue Reading »

By Dan Caplinger Ever since the end of the boom years of the early 2000s, the housing market has struggled to hit bottom, seemingly plowing ever lower even after years of declines. As a result, millions of former homeowners have lost their homes, while millions more owe more on their mortgages than their current homes are... Continue Reading »

By Sheryl Nance-Nash Here's more evidence that the foreclosure crisis has changed the way we think about homeownership's place in the American dream. Nearly half of those polled in a newly released survey said that owning a home today was a "nightmare." Nearly 70 percent of those surveyed by Home Value Insurance Company... Continue Reading »