California real estate values dropped a huge 59% from it's peak May of 2007 to it's bottom February 2009. Then the big money realized housing was priced below it's long term fundamental levels. The institutional and foreign investors came in hard, pushing aside the traditional domestic buyers, and ... » Learn More about California Housing Prices Plateauing
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Homeownership Rate Drops While Renter Households Increase
According to the Housing Vacancy Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. housing demand grew by 541,000 households between Q3 2013 and Q3 2014, while the national homeownership rate declined 90 bps—from 65.3% to 64.4%. Over this period, total household growth and the decline in the ... » Learn More about Homeownership Rate Drops While Renter Households Increase